Loving The World: Place Attachment and Environment in Pastoral Theology
In this article, the author maintains that place is more than the backdrop for pastoral care, but an active participant. Explaining place attachment and arguing for care shaped by place, the author discusses the importance of place in an intersectional fashion, engaging racism, sexism, and coloniali...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
[2018]
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| In: |
Journal of pastoral theology
Year: 2018, Volume: 28, Issue: 1, Pages: 22-33 |
| RelBib Classification: | AF Geography of religion CH Christianity and Society NCC Social ethics RG Pastoral care ZD Psychology |
| Further subjects: | B
care for worlds
B non-utilitarian view of environment B Place attachment B Climate Change B fence-line communities B Hurricane Harvey B environmental racism |
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Volltext (Resolving-System) |
| Summary: | In this article, the author maintains that place is more than the backdrop for pastoral care, but an active participant. Explaining place attachment and arguing for care shaped by place, the author discusses the importance of place in an intersectional fashion, engaging racism, sexism, and colonialism to explain the importance of place. Turning to a non-utilitarian view of nature as something worthy of love and engagement, the author explains how attachment to place can lead to flourishing. Drawing examples from his own hospice chaplaincy in a fence-line community facing environmental racism and Hurricane Harvey, he uses examples of disrupted place attachment. The author gives suggestions for utilizing place attachment in pastoral theology. |
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| ISSN: | 2161-4504 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of pastoral theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/10649867.2018.1475977 |