dc.contributor.author | Coetsier, Meins G. S. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-05-25T13:23:54Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-05-25T13:23:54Z | |
dc.date.submitted | 2021 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Coetsier, Meins G.S., Towards a Theology of Prison Ministry, Trinity College Dublin, School of Religion, Loyola Institute, 2021 | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2262/96469 | |
dc.description.abstract | The argument being made in this thesis is that Karl Rahner’s views on prison ministry, although valuable and of significance in their context, are not adequate to deal with the more complex needs and demands of prison ministry in the twenty first century. A greater pastoral appreciation is necessary of the traumas, conflicts and suffering experienced by prisoners, prison pastors, prison staff and, indeed, in the wider world. The subjective world of the prisoner also needs to be addressed in an effort to engage with his/her innate human desire for meaning and fulfilment. Consequently, a more contemporary approach to prison ministry is required today which will draw on concrete experience of the above-mentioned traumas and conflicts and which will be sensitive to and inspired by the search for meaning as experienced by prisoners/facilitated by prison pastors. Such an approach leads to a theology based on empowerment that can be found through a creative and meaning-centred response to suffering, as illustrated by the lives of Viktor E. Frankl, Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn and Etty Hillesum. | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.subject | Catholic Theology, Church Doctrine, Ecumenics, Karl Rahner, Theological Anthropology, Empowerment, Liberation, Prison Pastorate, Prison Ministry, Chaplaincy, Diaconate, Viktor E. Frankl, Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn, Etty Hillesum, Existential | en |
dc.title | Towards a Theology of Prison Ministry | en |
dc.type | Thesis | en |
dc.contributor.sponsor | The Roman Catholic Diocese of Fulda, Germany | en |
dc.publisher.institution | Trinity College Dublin, School of Religion, Loyola Institute | en |
dc.type.qualificationlevel | Postgraduate Doctor | en |
dc.type.qualificationname | Theology | en |
dc.rights.ecaccessrights | openAccess | |