Theorie vom guten Hirten : Eine kurze Geschichte pastoralen Herrschaftswissens
- Submitting institution
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The University of Manchester
- Unit of assessment
- 31 - Theology and Religious Studies
- Output identifier
- 64390099
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- A - Authored book
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- Publisher
- LIT Verlag
- ISBN
- 978-3-643-90863-6
- Open access status
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- Month of publication
- November
- Year of publication
- 2017
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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0
- Research group(s)
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A - SALC
- Proposed double-weighted
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- Double-weighted statement
- Research and writing of 'Theorie vom guten Hirten' took several years due to extensive research in the Austrian National Library in Vienna. This is a major (324 pages) monograph, providing the first systematic analysis of the use of pastoral power for spiritual as well as political ends. Research for the book required in-depth study of theological and juridical sources in classic Greek and ecclesial Latin and profound knowledge of the legal jargon used at the imperial courts 18th century Hapsburg rulers (Maria Theresia, Joseph II). The book offers both novel historical findings and a substantial epistemological contribution to the field.
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- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
- 'Theory of the Good Shepherd'. A Short History of Pastoral Power. A systematic analysis of the concept of pastoral power (Foucault) from its origin in Gregory the Great to its dissolution in pastoral literature following the Second Vatican Council. Hoelzl argues that 1777, the year when pastoral theology was institutionalised as an academic discipline, marks a turning point in the understanding of the right exercise of pastoral power. The book is the first comprehensive study of Foucault’s fragmentary concept of pastoral power by focusing on pastoral literature and as such constitutes a unique contribution to the epistemology of practical theology.<br/>
