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July 3, 2025
Listening for the Soul: Pastoral Care and Spiritual Direction
- Author
- Stairs, Jean
- Publisher
- Fortress Press, Minneapolis, MN
- ISBN
- 0800632397
- Table of Contents
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Introduction: Listening for the Soul Again
ch. 1 Soul Inquiry: Evocative Listening for the Soul
ch. 2 Contemplative Living: A Preventative and Restorative Approach
ch. 3 The Soul's Rhythm: Death and Resurrection
ch. 4 Credible Caregivers: Sustaining Spiritual Practices
ch. 5 Soul Companions: Listening for the Soul in Daily Life and Work
ch. 6 Children's Spirituality: Listening for the Soul of the Child
ch. 7 Toward Complementarity: Pastoral Care and Spiritual Direction
Epilogue: Signs of Soulful Pastoral Care
App A Case Study: Listening for the Soul
Notes
This book explores the relationship between the practices of pastoral care and the practices of spiritual direction with the aim of enabling pastoral caregivers to draw upon the guiding principles, resources, and techniques of spiritual direction within the Christian tradition. With an emphasis on both "practice" and "presence," the book reclaims the tradition of "soul care" for the pastoral ministry, thereby complementing the medical, or crisis intervention, model of pastoral care with a wellness/growth model of pastoral care. (From the Publisher)