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Pastoral Work: Search for a Common Language

Issue: Vol 9 No. 1 (2006) Vol 9, No 1 (2006)

Journal: Implicit Religion

Subject Areas: Religious Studies

DOI: 10.1558/imre2006.v9i1.90

Abstract:

Expanding on the concept of implicit religion, when explicit religion is becoming

ever more marginal, this article explores rather than investigates an intuition of

two campus chaplains. It is their first attempt to reveal in a non-proclaiming

way the spirituality of many members of their generation. It tells the experience

of young people who discover they have a thing like a self or even a soul. It tells

the pastoral experience of these chaplains who have to redefine their job after

this discovery. Often this discovery is a shocking experience to all concerned.

Currently, methods are lacking to describe it in an appropriate way. This article

can also be considered a first attempt to look for an acceptable method of description:

a search for a common language.

Author: Erik Borgman, Hans van Drongelen, Ton Meijknecht

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