Il Pastoral Counseling e le teologie di liberazione.

"Pastoral Counseling and Liberation Theologies" offers a comprehensive introduction to the concept of pastoral counseling and its historical development. The text particularly highlights the Clinical Pastoral Education Movement, shaped by influential figures such as Anton Boisen and Carl Rogers. It examines the dichotomous nature of pastoral counseling, arising from the connection between religion, theology, faith, and spirituality on one hand, and medicine, humanities, and psychology on the other. In the second half of the book, central categories of pastoral counseling such as relativity, interdisciplinarity, creativity, and paradox are addressed. These concepts illustrate that the pastoral counselor can be viewed as a "generic specialist." Additionally, the close connection between the methodology of pastoral counseling and liberation theology is emphasized, with a particular focus on indigenous theology.