Between Christian love and professional orientation : reflections on the double bind code of Christian social workers (deaconesses and deacons) in Germany

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2017
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AOSIS Publishing
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This article highlights the challenges and opportunities of Christian social workers in the tradition of deaconesses and deacons in today’s Germany. Their professional self-conception as social workers between church and society is analysed. By this, a new approach of linking up a theological perspective with diaconal professionalism, is presented.
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CITATION: Eurich, J. 2017. Between Christian love and professional orientation : reflections on the double bind code of Christian social workers (deaconesses and deacons) in Germany. HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies, 73(2):a4687, doi:10.4102/hts.v73i2.4687.
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Social workers, Deacons -- Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland
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Eurich, J. 2017. Between Christian love and professional orientation : reflections on the double bind code of Christian social workers (deaconesses and deacons) in Germany. HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies, 73(2):a4687, doi:10.4102/hts.v73i2.4687
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http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/105389
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Research Articles (Practical Theology and Missiology)