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In conclusion, Rogers-Vaughn emphasizes that cultivating and strengthening collectives is the most important task of pastoral care. Caring for souls, he argues, requires a combination of social solidarity, political activity, and ontological affirmation. Rogers-Vaughn calls for deep solidarity with those who are different, and recognition of how our shared predicament generates differing and entangled manifestations of suffering. He identifies the church as one of the few remaining institutions from which to mount a resistance to neoliberalism, and advocates both reclaiming the anti-imperial message of Jesus and re-imagining religious congregations as communities of the expelled. Critical retrieval of the utopian spirit, recognition of radical despair, and amplification of hope in the context of authentic community are suggested as vital components in subverting neoliberal hegemony.
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Rogers-Vaughn, B. (2016). Concluding Theological Postscripts. In: Caring for Souls in a Neoliberal Age. New Approaches to Religion and Power. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-55339-3_7
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