Open AccessBetween Christian love and professional orientation: Reflections on the double bind code of Christian social workers (deaconesses and deacons) in Germany
Author(s) -
Johannes Eurich
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
hts teologiese studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.282
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 2072-8050
pISSN - 0259-9422
DOI - 10.4102/hts.v73i2.4687
Subject(s) - perspective (graphical) , sociology , code (set theory) , theology , gender studies , religious studies , philosophy , art , visual arts , set (abstract data type) , computer science , programming language
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.