Pastoral Bearings

1 Dedication
2 Table of Contents
3 Acknowledgments
Chapter 4 1. Pastoral Bearings: Lived Religion and Pastoral Theology
Part 5 I. Congregations, Bodies, and Theology
Chapter 6 2. Theological Reflection and Theories of Practice: Rethinking Normative Memory as if Bodies Matter
Chapter 7 3. Weaving a Communal Narrative: Agape United Methodist Church
Chapter 8 4. Culture Coded Care: Ecclesial Beliefs and Practices in Response to Illness
Chapter 9 5. Homeless in Seattle: A Lived Religion of Hospitality
Part 10 II. Gender Positive Care: Re-writing Dis/ability, Denominational History and Unchurched Religion
Chapter 11 6. Resisting Stares and Stereotypes-Affirming Life
Chapter 12 7. Baptist Clergywomen's Narratives: Reinterpreting the Southern Baptist Convention Schism
Chapter 13 8. "Spiritual But Not Religious"-How Small Groups in America Redefine Religion
Part 14 III. Intercultural Nuance
Chapter 15 9. Lively Choruses: Relational Dance with God
Chapter 16 10. Pastoral Care and Counseling in Independent Evangelical Charismatic Churches in Ghana: A Barthian Theological Perspective
Chapter 17 11. Religion in Thailand: Pastoral Theological Reflection from the Perspective of Thai Buddhist Monks
18 Select Bibliography
19 About the Authors
20 Index