This guide presents a basic description of both theological and practical dimensions of pastoral care, and what makes care distinctly "pastoral," as compared to other kinds of caregiving. As students learn morThis guide pre about specific areas of care, including facilitating pastoral conversations, making hospital visits and planning funerals, offering bereavement care, and celebrating weddings and births, they also learn to draw connections to care and their theological foundations. The teaching approach used here is both conceptual and practical. Readers will explore basic concepts important in understanding each area of care, and learn how to use both traditional and contemporary resources in improving the care they offer.
