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Inhabiting compassion: A pastoral theological paradigm.
- Source :
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Hervormde Teologiese Studies . 2017, Vol. 73 Issue 4, p1-9. 9p. - Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- Inspired by the vision of care in Vincent van Gogh’s depiction of the parable of the Good Samaritan, this article offers a paradigm for inhabiting compassion. Compassion is understood in this article as a moral emotion that is also a pathocentric virtue. This definition creates a dynamic view of compassion as a desire to alleviate the suffering of others, the capacity to act on behalf of others and a commitment to sustain engagement with the suffering other. To weave this vision of compassion as a habitus rather than a theoretical construct, the article develops three phases of compassion: seeing, companioning and sighing. This framework deepens and augments a pastoral theological paradigm of compassion with the aim of inculcating an inhabited compassion in caregivers and the communities in which they participate. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *PARABLES
*PAINTING
*THEOLOGY
*PARADIGM (Theory of knowledge)
COMPASSION & religion
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 02599422
- Volume :
- 73
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Hervormde Teologiese Studies
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 125939947
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v73i4.4644