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241	A gender-critical approach to the Pauline material and the Zimbabwean context with specific reference to the position and role of women in selected denominations Townshend, Patricia Olwyn 02 1900 (has links) In this work I have used Pierre Bourdieu's concept of habitus as a springboard to examine the Pauline tradition in the light of Zimbabwe-African, cultural, legal and social attitudes to women. I have highlighted the conflict between the practices defined by Zimbabwean Constitutional law regarding the status of women and what is the actual situation on the ground, also considering the role of the church in confronting or conforming to the cultural norms. I have likewise highlighted the conflict in the Pauline tradition where one hand women are given more active roles in the church than could be expected according to the customs of the time, but on the other hand are still bound by an oppressive tradition. I have concluded by suggesting how the church can act in order to break free of this oppressive tradition and bring about change in the habitus of the society. / New Testament / M. Th. (New Testament) Androgyne Power and sex in the Bible Paul and patriarchy Culture and religion in Zimbabwe Habitus Customary law in Zimbabwe Women and Paul Patriarchy and Paul Women and empowerment in Africa Law and women in Zimbabwe 227.06082 Feminist theology Religion and culture -- Zimbabwe Women in church work -- Zimbabwe Women in Christianity -- Zimbabwe Customary law -- Zimbabwe
242	Reconstructing rainbows in a remarried family : narratives of a diverse group of female adolescents 'doing family' after divorce Botha, Carolina Stephanusina 30 November 2003 (has links) This research journey investigated the ways in which (1) the lives of adolescents have been influenced by parental divorce and subsequent remarriage, (2) exploring the relationships participants have with biological, nonresidential fathers and (3) to collaboratively present ways of doing family in alternative. Four adolescent girls took part in group conversations where they could were empowered to have their voices heard in a society where they are usually marginalized and silenced. As a result of these conversations a family game, FunFam, was developed that aimed to assist families in expanding communication within the family. Normalizing prescriptive discourses about divorce and remarriage were deconstructed to offer participants the opportunity to re-author their stories about their families. The second part of the research journey explored the problem-saturated stories that these four participants had with their biological, nonresidential fathers. They deconstructed the discourses that influenced this relationship and redefined the relationship to suit their expectations and wishes. / Philosophy, Practical and Systematic Theology / M.Th. Pastoral care Re-authoring narratives Feminist poststructuralist paradigm Discourse of patriarchy Power imbalance Deconstruction Social construction discourse Power/knowledge Normalizing truths Postmodern theology Feminist theology Contextual practical theology Participatory practical theology Qualitative research Single-parent families Nuclear family Marriage Family rituals Board games Alternative family Stepfamily Stepparent Noncustodial parent Remarriage Divorce Adolescents 259.23 Teenagers -- Pastoral counseling of Narrative therapy Remarried people -- Family relationships Stepfamilies -- Family relationships Remarriage -- Religious aspects Adolescent psychology
243	Caring with women married to Dutch Reformed clergymen: narratives of pain, survival and hope Swart, Chené 30 November 2003 (has links) The purpose of this research journey was twofold: (1) to investigate the ways in which the lives of women married to clergymen have been influenced by their position in the Dutch Reformed Church and (2) to collaboratively present ways of caring and supporting these women living within this reality. Discourse analysis explored the taken-for-granted truths and power relationships that inform these women's daily lives. Fifteen women embarked on this feminist narrative participatory action research journey, not only to tell their stories but also to negotiate for change in current practices as well as their own contexts. This research journey challenges the institutional structure of the Church through narratives of hope, survival and pain, as storied in a book (Lamentations and Butterflies, 2003), that were collaboratively constructed by the women living these realities. This book and research journey offers a deeper understanding of the experience of being a clergyman's wife in the Dutch Reformed Church. / Philosophy, Practical and Systematic Theology / M.Th. (Practical Theology) Participatory practical theology Contextual practical theology Ethicising research Dutch Reformed Church Ethnographic writing Spiritual abuse Social construction discourse Power/knowledge Feminist theology Postmodern theology Clergymen's wives Mevrou Dominee Clergy marriage relationships Feminist poststructuralist paradigm Deconstructing cultural discourses Patriarchy Femininity Collective responsibility 253.220968 Spouses of clergy -- South Africa Narrative therapy -- South Africa Clergy -- Family relationships Clergy couples -- South Africa Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk -- Clergy
244	"Wanneer hoop groei in 'n waaghalsige verbeelding": 'n pastorale blik op kuns in 'n konteks van gestremdheid Joubert, Maryna 30 November 2007 (has links) Afrikaans text, with Afrikaans and English summaries / Despite legislation to the effect intended to ensure the position of the disabled in society, disabled persons still find themselves largely marginalized in the South African context. During this research a group of about twenty participants, of whom about one-half are disabled, were involved in an inclusive process of art-making. The aim of the research was to challenge the dominant discourse which holds that making art is only for the select, talented few. This research was undertaken according to the scientific guidelines of practical theology. Contextual theology was used as a starting point, with emphasis on the participatory- and narrative approaches. The characteristics of pastoral care created an atmosphere which was conducive to the disabled participants discovering and developing hope for a more rewarding future. The research culminated in an exhibition in a national museum, which could contribute to an additional dimension in the narrative of the disabled participants. / Ten spyte van wetgewing om die inklusiewe posisie van die gestremde in die samelewing te verseker, is gestremdes in die Suid Afrikaanse konteks nog grootliks gemarginaliseerd. Vanuit hierdie gemarginaliseerde posisie vind gestremdes dit moeilik en dikwels onmoontlik om hul unieke potensiaal te ontwikkel om sodoende 'n beter lewenskwaliteit lewe te vestig. 'n Groep van ongeveer twintig deelnemers, waarvan die helfte gestremd is, is tydens hierdie navorsing in 'n inklusiewe konteks van kunsmaak betrek. Die doel van die navorsing is om diskoerse uit te daag wat bepaal dat kunsmaak net vir unieke, talentvolle mense beskore was. Teen die agtergrond van 'n postmoderne epistemologie kon gestremdes sonder vooraf opgestelde reels en regulasies uiting gee aan hul verbeelding en sodoende waaghalsig wees in die proses van kunsmaak. Hierdie navorsing het plaasgevind volgens die wetenskaplike riglyne van praktiese teologie. Kontekstuele teologie is as 'n teologiese vertrekpunt gebruik, met die klem op die deelnemende en narratiewe benaderings. Sodoende is ruimte geskep vir die ontdekking sowel as die ontwikkeling van die potensiaal van die gestremde. Die eienskappe van pastorale sorg het 'n atmosfeer tydens die kunsmaaksessies geskep waarbinne die deelnemers in 'n veilige konteks hoop op 'n bykomstige realiteit en 'n beter toekoms kon ontdek en ontwikkel. Die navorsing het gekulmineer in 'n kunsuitstalling in 'n nasionale museum wat kan bydra tot 'n bykomstige dimensie in die verhaal en identiteit van die gestremdes. / Philosophy, Practical and Systematic Theology / M. Th. (Practical Theology eith specialisation in Pastoral Therapy) Disability Inclusive practises Art art-making Therapeutic art Identity Theology Contextual theology Liberation theology Feminist theology Theology of the disabled Eco-theology Narrative Postmodern Social construction and deconstruction Hope Reckless imagination Gestremdheid Inklusiewe praktyke Kuns, kunsmaak Terapeutiese kuns Identiteit Teologie Kontekstuele teologie Bevrydingsteologie Feministiese teologie Teologie van die gestremde Eko-teologie Narratief Postmoderne Sosiale konstruksie en dekonstruksie Hoop Waaghalsige verbeedling 259.4 Art therapy Narrative therapy
245	Feminist pastoral care approach in deconstructing the effects of patriarchy on Basotho women's identities experiencing domestic violence in marital relations Matsumunyane, Eliza Matsela 06 1900 (has links) The study is concerned with deconstructing the effects of patriarchal discourses on the identities of women experiencing domestic violence in marital relationships. It is explored within a feminist pastoral care framework within the Basotho culture. This is seen through the lens of Basotho culture and the Christian church as understood in an emerging postmodern culture. The study explores and deconstructs patriarchal beliefs around the identities of Basotho women experiencing domestic violence in marital relationships through discursive conversations. This study has sought to benefit any Mosotho woman who suffers under the control and abuse of her husband. The study does this by giving her a voice to deconstruct the silencing and disempowering patriarchal stories/identities. In turn it hopefully allows her to construct her own empowering preferred multiple identities without blaming anybody. However, by the very nature of this study,’ the effects of patriarchy on identities of Basotho women experiencing domestic violence in marital relations’ there was partiality and subjectivity throughout my discussions and reflections, as I found it hard to stand back from my resentment. / Philosophy, Practical and Systematic Theology / M. Th. (Practical Theology) Patriarchy Domestic violence Identity Postmodernism Social construction Deconstruction Feminist theology Feminist pastoral care 253.52089963971 Women, Sotho -- Lesotho -- Religion Women, Sotho --Counseling of -- Lesotho Feminist therapy Women -- Lesotho -- Counseling of Women -- Lesotho -- Identityy Pastoral counseling
246	Genderová analýza vnímání prvotního hříchu, z pohledu vybraného vzorku věřících, české komunity z Rumunska / Gender analysis of the perception of original sin from the perspective of a sample of believers in the Czech community from Romania Pekárková Schneiderová, Eliška January 2014 (has links) In my thesis I deal with a biblical "myth" of the original sin and with a question how this topic can demonstrate the genesis of gender duality in a sense of superiority and inferiority using the authors catholic and feminist theology and subsequent data collection. The topic of the original sin is being analysed from a gender view -first in the theoretical part of the thesis that has helped me to continue to the following part of a research. The research consists of semi-structured interviews with a group of people belonging to a specific community. These people were born in the Czech villages in Romania and live nowadays in the Czech Republic. The original sin and its "myth" are still being presented at the level of a myth. His consequences remain in the background of the society and public attention. That is why I decided to deal with this topic. In this way I connect my own interest with this group, which includes a minority of a society with special characteristics. The aim of this thesis is to present the consequences of the original sin on a theoretical level and in terms of research, which I also contribute to with my interviews. And so to answer the research question regarding the influence of minority companies mostly from the standpoint of faith.

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