Explorations in the Aesthetic Pastoral Theology of Donald E. Capps

AbstractThis paper will examine the curative effects of art and the reorienting perspective of poetry in the aesthetic pastoral theology of Donald E. Capps by exploring two key volumes,The Poet ’s Gift andAt Home in the World. The paper identifies some of the key contributions of Capps ’s exploration of art and poetry including the recovery of perception, the advancement of reframing perspective, the notion of embodied pastoral conversation and the roots of religious sensibility. The therapeutic effect of the imaginative aesthetic pastoral theology in these two volumes is furthe r developed by integrating three corollary themes in Capps’s particular orientation to pastoral theology, namely hope, freedom and authenticity.

Source: Journal of Religion and Health - March 15, 2018 Category: Medical Ethics Source Type: research