Citation

Dykstra RC. Pastoral Psychol. 2010; 59(6): 737-746.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s11089-010-0298-3

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Abstract

This essay is a somewhat expanded version of an address to students and faculty delivered by the author on September 20, 2009, at the opening convocation of the 198th academic year of Princeton Theological Seminary. Building on Jesus' parable of the shepherd and one lost sheep from Luke 15, it underscores the vulnerability of individuals to confusion and humiliation and advocates for the historic emphasis of pastoral theology on the one over the many as a preferred path to mutuality without coercion.

Language: en