ABSTRACT
Once again, the answer to those three questions in any number of scenarios is
unequivocally yes. However, there is another reason why some people reject
pastoral care, even in these times of great distress-humiliation. Well-known
theologian Paul Tillich states the following:
‘‘When I hear the term pastoral care, I sometimes imagine myself to be in the
situation of receiving pastoral care, and imagining this, I somehow feel humil-
iated. Someone else makes me an object of his care, but no one wants to be an
object, and therefore, he resists such situations like pastoral care.’’
