Abstract
Identifies a variety of new ways of viewing pastoral care and counseling when a truly systemic approach is employed by pastoral caregivers working with the poor. Provides a conceptual framework for understanding the complex ecosystem of the poor and challenges pastoral caregivers to consider alternative assumptions as they attempt to be present and helpful in working with the economically poor, the marginalized, the weak, and the otherwise dependent people in our society.
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