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Week VIII
Dealing with racial injustices is not always easy given that to some extent, it could involve changing laws and cultural patterns. For this reason, pastoral caregivers must be provided with skills and knowledge in anti-discriminative pastoral care so as to effectively execute their roles and also deal with disparities associated with racism. On this front, various insights could come in handy. For instance, anti-racist pastoral care can involve practices that include love for one-self and for one another. This is more so the case given that while love empowers racial justice, hatred decays the same. For this reason, pastoral care should include teachings that include partnerships and long term relationships with others so as to ensure that racial justice prevails. For instance, pastoral caregivers can be sensitized on the importance of extending love to all regardless of superficial differences. The mere presence of pastoral caregivers who, for instance, are culturally competent, can have a huge impact on anti-racism efforts. Therefore, pastoral caregivers ought to be familiar with modes of referencing the needs of all persons in the community.
Apart from using love and compassion, pastoral care can also include teachings on the importance of engaging in diversity and difference whereby practices of solidarity are involved. Essentially, racism can be confronted with solidarity whereby suffering is collectively ameliorated. This is more so the case given that racism not only affects the individual directly involved, but it also other bystanders resulting in diminished harmony across the nation. Each persons dignity happens to be an intrinsic factor and should, thus, be respected. In the final analysis, it would be prudent to note that other stakeholders should be roped in as well to successfully rein in racial injustices.
He has a name; he is the Capitalism of private property and the Capitalism of the state" (Sigmund 85). The social, economic, and political undertones of Liberation Theology are not hard to see. While representing themselves as activists, their goal places primacy on the economic rather than the spiritual. Nonetheless, Liberation Theologians have established "ecclesial base communities," which have been growing since the 1970s: "These are 'small, grassroots, lay groups
Certainly, the best counseling is proactive and for one to really keep up with a situation is to stay ahead and to be able to anticipate how events will develop as the pastor gains more experience. As the book title implies however, even the best training can not always prepare the pastor for every possible emergency situation. For instance, terrorism and disaster types of situations have evolved since the
The author makes it quite clear what he thinks the church should accomplish in the lives of its members and in the community. He writes, "Churches should be supportive, extended family for everyone who wishes this, including those who live alone and those who are married or live in other committed relationships" (Clinebell 277). It is refreshing that he includes everyone, regardless of their marital arrangements, which shows he is
Racism in Euro Soccer According to numerous sources, including eyewitnesses, journalists and soccer fans, there is blatant racism, xenophobic behavior and anti-Semitism associated with Euro Soccer. This paper uses the available literature to point out instances of ugly behaviors, what people are saying about it and what perhaps can be done about it. The stories referenced in this paper were written prior to the 2012 Euro Soccer championships in Eastern Europe,
Racism can be stated as the attitude or practice of recognizing authority/supremacy of one group over another. It is either founded on race, color, ethnicity or cultural heritage. It is, if truth be told, a global tradition and is not only limited to a particular area or group of people. One can notice racism at all individual, group or institutional levels. Racism is spread and conserved by the introduction of
Racism in Canada In March of 2012, a white power rally in Edmonton drew out a dozen or two members of the Blood and Honour racist group. They were met and peaceably challenged by hundreds of participants in an anti-racism rally, which was "coincidental" (Dykstra). Therefore Canada still does have lurking racism, but in its overt forms it is socially unacceptable. This paper will address the overt forms of racism evident