Redeeming Singleness
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Redeeming Singleness

Postmodern Pastoral Care and Counseling for Never-Married Single Women

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Redeeming Singleness

Postmodern Pastoral Care and Counseling for Never-Married Single Women

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About This Book

Have you made a New Year's resolution to get married out of nowhere? Did it work? When the author turned thirty, she put getting married on her New Year's resolution list, not because she wanted to get married or had a boyfriend but because of social pressure in which she lived. Social pressure made her think that if she wanted to ever get married, it was better to do so sooner than later. For three consecutive years, she prayed about it and made efforts to form relationships. After three years passed by, she was still single and unhappy. As she reflected on her unhappiness, she finally realized that she was not happy because she was not able to accomplish a goal that was ultimately out of her control. "How absurd it was to put 'get married' on my New Year's resolution!?" As she eliminated marriage from her New Year's resolutions and focused on what she really wanted to do with her life, her energy level was boosted. Although she did not have any tool to frame her singleness, she happened to choose the best course for her. Only if she knew the socially constructed characteristics of marriage, the first three years of her thirties would have been different. The author hopes ministers and never-married single women can learn what we think is normal is a very contextual product. The author invites never-married single women to own their own stories instead of being owned by metanarratives in their lives.

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Publisher
Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN
9781532613265
Topic
Personal Development
Subtopic
Self Improvement

Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Acknowledgments
  3. Chapter 1: Introduction
  4. Chapter 2: From Modernity to Postmodernity
  5. Chapter 3: The Influence of Postmodernity on the Field of Pastoral Care and Counseling
  6. Chapter 4: Research Methods
  7. Chapter 5: Pastoral Care and Counseling and Postmodernism
  8. Chapter 6: Narratives: Powerful Instruments for Pastoral Practices
  9. Chapter 7: A Vision for Churches
  10. Appendix A: Email to send to my acquaintances
  11. Appendix B: Email to send out to churches in the Los Angeles area
  12. Appendix C: Interview Consent Form
  13. Appendix D: Emergent Themes with Master Codes
  14. Bibliography