Pastoral care and counselling in the black churches in Britain : with special reference to those in Leeds
The purpose of this thesis is to explore various aspects of pastoral care and counselling in the black churches in Britain. The first aspect of caring that has been explored is acceptance. When people are genuinely accepted by others there is the possibility for personal growth and development to take place. Such acceptance can be therapeutic. It contains health-giving qualities and is a means towards greater self-acceptance, especially by those who may be affected by a sense of poor value in the way they see themselves. The second aspect is understanding. Part of what is discussed here is that people who are connected by and share similar life experiences, are equipped to care for each other in ways that those who are detached outsiders may not be able to. In other words, caring which is based on understanding is enhanced when the relationship is between persons who are party to the same difficulties. The third and fourth categories consist of an examination of pastoral care within the context of housing and unemployment conditions. Aspects of care which are featured are those that entail sharing, support, and the promotion of self-help endeavours such as repairs done to the homes of church members. There
Timothy, James John
Afro-Caribbean people in Leeds
Pastoral care and counselling in the black churches in Britain : with special reference to those in Leeds. The purpose of this thesis is to explore various aspects of pastoral care and counselling in the black churches in Britain. The first aspect of caring that has been explored is acceptance. When people are genuinely accepted by others there is the possibility for personal growth and development to take place. Such acceptance can be therapeutic. It contains health-giving qualities and is a means towards greater self-acceptance, especially by those who may be affected by a sense of poor value in the way they see themselves. The second aspect is understanding. Part of what is discussed here is that people who are connected by and share similar life experiences, are equipped to care for each other in ways that those who are detached outsiders may not be able to. In other words, caring which is based on understanding is enhanced when the relationship is between persons who are party to the same difficulties. The third and fourth categories consist of an examination of pastoral care within the context of housing and unemployment conditions. Aspects of care which are featured are those that entail sharing, support, and the promotion of self-help endeavours such as repairs done to the homes of church members. There
pastoral_care counsel black church britain special_reference leeds purpose_explore various_aspect pastoral_care counsel black church britain first aspect caring explore acceptance people genuinely accept others possibility personal growth_development take_place acceptance therapeutic contains health giving quality mean towards great self acceptance especially may_affect sense poor value way see themselves second aspect understanding part_discuss people connect share_similar life experience equip care way detach outsider may able word care base enhanced relationship person party difficulty third_fourth category consist examination pastoral_care within_context housing unemployment condition aspects care feature entail sharing support promotion self_help endeavour repair home church member