Just Care - Ethical Anti-Racist Pastoral Care With Women With Mental Illness

Combining interviews from chaplains who work in psychiatric hospitals with feminist, womanist, and intercultural frameworks, Leah R. Thomas advocates for a justice-oriented pastoral care that takes into account the entire person.

List of contents

1 Psychiatric Diagnosis and Pastoral Care: An Overlapping and Interrelated History
2 The Voices of Chaplains: Seeing the "Whole Person"
3 The Voices of Chaplains: Practices of Assessment
4 An Alternative to a Diagnosis-Focused Approach: Just Care

About the author

Leah R. Thomas is visiting professor of pastoral theology at Lancaster Theological Seminary.

Summary

Combining interviews from chaplains who work in psychiatric hospitals with feminist, womanist, and intercultural frameworks, Leah Thomas advocates for a justice-oriented pastoral care that takes into account the entire person.

Product details

• Authors: Leah Thomas, Leah R. Thomas
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9781978701779
• ISBN: 978-1-978701-77-9
• No. of pages: 216
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Miscellaneous; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political system; RELIGION / Christian Theology / Ethics, RELIGION / Christian Ministry / Pastoral Resources, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Counseling, Christianity, Care of the mentally ill, Religious ethics, Gender studies: women, Care of people with mental health issues, Gender studies: women and girls, Religious social and pastoral thought and activity, Christian ministry & pastoral activity, Christian social thought & activity