Care of Souls, Care of Polis

by Ryan Lamothe

Book Overview

In the fields of pastoral care and pastoral theology, there are times when a book signals a paradigm shift. This is one such book. LaMothe develops a political pastoral theology that is used to examine critically political, economic, and societal structures and practices. In the first part of the book, LaMothe argues that care and pastoral care are political concepts, which, along with the notion of justice, can be used as a hermeneutical framework to assess macropolitical and macroeconomic realities. Included in this section is the notion of civil and redemptive discourse, necessary for the survival and flourishing of persons and polis. The last section of the book examines U.S. Empire, capitalism, class, classism, and other pressing political issues using the hermeneutical lens of care.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1498205216
• ISBN13: 9781498205214
• Release Date: July 2017
• Publisher: Cascade Books
• Length: 334 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"