Inhabiting compassion : a pastoral theological paradigm

Zylla, Phil C.

dc.contributor.author	Zylla, Phil C.
dc.date.accessioned	2017-10-30T04:55:42Z
dc.date.available	2017-10-30T04:55:42Z
dc.date.issued	2017-08-31
dc.description	Prof. Dr Phil Zylla is participating in the research project, ‘Gender Studies and Practical Theology Theory Formation’, directed by Prof. Dr Yolanda Dreyer, Department of Practical Theology, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria.	en_ZA
dc.description.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.	en_ZA
dc.description.department	Practical Theology	en_ZA
dc.description.librarian	am2017	en_ZA
dc.description.uri	http://www.hts.org.za	en_ZA
dc.identifier.citation	Zylla, P.C., 2017, ‘Inhabiting compassion: A pastoral theological paradigm’, HTS Teologiese Studies/ Theological Studies 73(4), a4644. https://doi.org/ 10.4102/hts.v73i4.4644.	en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn	0259-9422 (print)
dc.identifier.issn	2072-8050 (online)
dc.identifier.other	10.4102/hts.v73i4.4644
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2263/62944
dc.language.iso	en	en_ZA
dc.publisher	AOSIS Open Journals	en_ZA
dc.rights	© 2017. The Authors. Licensee: AOSIS. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License.	en_ZA
dc.subject	Good Samaritan	en_ZA
dc.subject	Compassion	en_ZA
dc.subject	Pathocentric virtue	en_ZA
dc.subject	Suffering	en_ZA
dc.title	Inhabiting compassion : a pastoral theological paradigm	en_ZA
dc.type	Article	en_ZA