Existential Care in a Modern Society: Pastoral Care Consultations in Local Communities in Norway
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Lars Johan Danbolt
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Hetty Zock
Abstract
Data from a recent survey on pastoral care consultations (PCC) in Norway (N=408) is presented, showing that PCC is a service priests and deacons provide for people in the municipality, independent of faith affiliation. The most common PCC themes regarded mental and social distress, such as grief, conflicts, and loneliness. Furthermore, illness-related themes were prominent, and a specter of religious and moral issues. We discuss the results in the context of ongoing changes and reforms in both church and health care, and point at possible health promoting dimensions of PCC as existential assistance in the space between personal network support and public health care.
Zusammenfassung
Der Aufsatz präsentiert die Ergebnisse einer quantitativen Studie zu Seelsorgeangeboten in Norwegen. Befragt wurde rund ein Viertel der Pfarrpersonen und Diakon:innen, die in der norwegischen Kirche tätig sind. Der Fokus der Untersuchung liegt auf den Themen, welche die Seelsorgegespräche bestimmen – Trauer, soziale Konflikte und Einsamkeit werden am häufigsten genannt. Das Autorenteam erläutert diese Ergebnisse vor dem Hintergrund von Veränderungen in Kirche und Gesundheitswesen. Seelsorgegespräche treten als eine Form existentieller Fürsorge in den Blick, die eine Lücke zwischen privaten Netzwerken und dem öffentlichen Gesundheitswesen ausfüllt.
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