Pastoral Care through Letters in the British Atlantic

Alison Searle (University of Leeds)

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English

Cambridge University Press
14 September 2023

Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800; European history; Slavery & abolition of slavery; Religion & politics; Religious social & pastoral thought & activity

Series: Elements in Eighteenth-Century Connections

Choosing the right words is itself an act of caregiving. Centring on correspondence archives allows pastoral letters to be analysed as a distinct literary genre that contributed in complex ways to early modern practices of caregiving, negotiating political oppression, geographical isolation, and colonial experimentation. Forms of care were solicited, given, and received through the material technology of the letter as a literary artefact. The exchange of letters created new bureaucratic and pastoral structures and entanglements between Protestant believers and others across the British Atlantic and reveals the contentious balance between care and cure within early modern communities. Pastoral care involves exercising power: epistolary exchanges sustain, exploit, shape, and distort the spiritual and material wellbeing of individuals and communities in a landscape fissured by religious division, enslavement, and imperial expansion.

By: Alison Searle (University of Leeds)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Weight: 135g
ISBN: 9781108970464
ISBN 10: 110897046X
Series: Elements in Eighteenth-Century Connections
Pages: 75
Publication Date: 14 September 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction; 1. Contentious caregiving in a divided state; 2. The incorporated company and epistolary care; Conclusion; References.