Korean Women, Self-Esteem, and Practical Theology

Transformative Care
Softcover Nachdruck of the original 1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-3-319-88790-6
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 138 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 202 g

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This book offers a critical-constructive study of Korean women’s self-esteem from a feminist practical theological perspective. Jaeyeon Lucy Chung recognizes two different and yet related problems: the absence of scholarly work on women’s self-esteem from non-white, non-Western groups in the field of practical theology, and the lack of attention to the low self-esteem prevalent in Korean women’s sociocultural and religious context.  Chung employs in-depth interview studies while drawing on theoretical resources of psychology, theology, and cultural studies to develop a relational-communal theory of self-esteem, and a systematic, communal understanding of pastoral care practice. The project offers insights into the life experience of Korean women, especially self-esteem, and it reveals some of the ways self-esteem can be fostered.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Chung, Jaeyeon Lucy

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Systematische Theologie Feministische Theologie, Gender Studies
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologische Disziplinen Religionspsychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Sozialethnologie: Familie, Gender, Soziale Gruppen
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Korean Women's Personal Narratives
Chapter 3. Rhetoric of Obedience and Self-Sacrifice in Confucianism and Christianity
Chapter 4. Self-Esteem as a Relational Psychological Construct
Chapter 5. Imago Dei, Friendship, and the Theology of Self-esteem
Chapter 6. Relational-Transformative Pastoral Care for Korean Women

Über Autor(innen)

Jaeyeon Lucy Chung is Assistant Professor of Pastoral Theology and Director of the Styberg Library at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, USA.