... the Great's Pastoral Care had its origin in the months after his accession to the episcopal see in Rome in 590. Gregory gives detailed and practical advice on how to address an audience that consists of men and women of different social backgrounds who have different life experiences...

... levels of pastoral care to retain his flock. Yet this pastor-centric view of slum Pentecostal churches overlooks a component of Christian activity that is central to maintaining the congregation—the prayer networks run and managed by lay women. These networks create and reproduce intense affective...

...This chapter presents a study of an often-ignored confessor's manual written by Girolamo Savonarola which reveals the friar at work in a role quite different from that of fiery preacher. It argues that the manual, which advises priests on questions of pastoral care, shows a “kinder, gentler...