Thesis (DTh)--Stellenbosch University, 2012. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study examines the relationship between koinonia and diakonia. Where koinonia and diakonia are in proximity, an opportunity arises to draw individuals from different context together. This leads to an inter-cultural space where individuals from different contexts are encouraged to welcome and support each other in a mutual way. Chapter 3 presents a hermeneutical Scriptural and a theological framework illustrating the important relationship between koinonia and diakonia. It is argued that such a “full koinonia” is embodied in the life of Jesus Christ. Not only did Christ came to live among human beings (koinonia ) but He also gave his life to us (diakonia). In chapter 4 the early Christian Church is evaluated as a community that exemplified a form of “full koinonia”. Within the cultural diverse community in the Roman Empire, the church was able to reach out to the so called “other” by their positive approach to the many crises and challenges of the day. Christian help and support presented itself as a unique support network. In chapter 5 “ full koinonia” is evaluated through an interdisciplinary approach by listening to sociology and community development. Both disciplines argue for a more personal or holistic approach in rendering service to communities. This calls for the addressing of greater societal issues over and above individual interests. In chapter 6 “full koinonia” is discussed from a missional perspective. A cross-cultural or intercultural framework for servanthood is explored. Six principles for a “full koinonia” is outlined: openness, acceptance, trust, learning, understanding and serving. With this hermeneutical framework as point of departure, the empirical component of the research is discussed in the following chapters. The research focuses on three Christian community projects, Shiloh Synergy, Sarfat Community Projects and the Elsiesrivier Care Centre exploring how they dealt with “full koinonia.” The design of the empirical study in chapter 7 is presented in the form of a comparative study for the discernment of: 1) The processes and structures within inter-cultural Christian community projects; and 2) an evaluation of the level of a transformation in relationships. The qualitative data is analysed and discussed in chapter 8. The study concludes in chapter 9 by establishing a meaningful interpretation of “full koinonia” in faith based involvement within a context full of societal challenges. The literature study as well as the empirical component of the research proved the hypothesis that stated that faith based personal involvement leads to holistic growth for all concerned and contributes to social transformation. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie studie ondersoek die relasie tussen koinonia en diakonia. Waar koinonia en diakonia nader aan mekaar gebring word, ontstaan ʼn geleentheid om individue vanuit verskillende kontekste byeen te bring. Dit baan die weg tot ʼn inter-kulturele ontmoeting waarbinne individue vanuit verskillende kontekste mekaar wedersyds verwelkom en versorg. In hoofstuk 3 van hierdie studie is ʼn hermeneutiese raamwerk vir die noue relasie tussen koinonia en diakonia vanuit die Skrif en die teologie verskaf. Daar is geargumenteer vir “volle koinonia” wat beliggaam is deur Jesus Christus. Nie net het Christus onder die mensdom kom woon nie (koinonia), maar het Hy sy lewe vir ander afgelê (diakonia). In Hoofstuk 4 word die vroeë Christelike kerk bespreek as ʼn gemeenskap wat gestalte wou gee aan “volle koinonia”. In die kultureel diverse samelewing van die Romeinse Ryk, was die kerk in staat om die “ander” te verwelkom deur positief te reageer op bepaalde krisisse en uitdagings. Christelike hulp en ondersteuning het na vore getree as ʼn unieke ondersteunings-netwerk. In hoofstuk 5 is daar aan die hand van ʼn interdissiplinêre benadering vanuit die sosiologie en gemeenskapsontwikkeling ondersoek ingestel na die verstaan van “volle koinonia” binne samelewingsverband. Beide dissiplines argumenteer vir ʼn meer personalistiese of holistiese benadering, waar dit nie net gaan om individuele belange nie, maar die aanspreek van dieperliggende oorsake. In hoofstuk 6 is daar vanuit ʼn missionêre perspektief gesoek na ʼn teologiese raamwerk wat so ʼn “volle koinonia” bevorder. ʼn Kruis-kulturele of inter-kulturele raamwerk vir diens word voorgestel. Ses belangrike beginsels is in die bevordering van “volle koinonia” uitgelig, naamlik die bevordering van openheid, aanvaarding, vertroue, lering, verstaan en diens. Met hierdie hermeneutiese raamwerk as uitgangspunt, is die empiriese komponent van die studie in die volgende hoofstukke beskryf. Aan die hand van drie Christelike gemeenskaps-projekte, naamlik Shiloh Synergy, Sarfat Community Projects en die Elsiesrivier Care Centre is die ervaring van “volle koinonia” prakties getoets. Die ontwerp van die empiriese deel van die studie (hoofstuk 7), was in die vorm van ʼn vergelykende studie ter onderskeiding van: 1) Die prosesse en strukture van die inter-kulturele ontmoeting by Christelike gemeenskapsprojekte; en 2) ʼn evaluering van die vlak van transformasie in verhoudinge. Die kwalitatiewe data is in hoofstuk 8 geanaliseer en bespreek. Die gevolgtrekking van die studie, in hoofstuk 9, bied ʼn interpretasie van wat “volle koinonia” in geloofsgebaseerde betrokkenheid behels en bereik. Die literatuurstudie en die empiriese komponent van die navorsing het die hipotese bewys. Dit toon aan dat geloofsgebaseerde betrokkenheid op ʼn persoonlike vlak ruim geleentheid bied vir die holistiese groei van die betrokkenes en die weg baan tot sosiale transformasie.

Este texto foi elaborado com a finalidade de apresentar, através de pesquisa de campo e de revisão bibliográfica, o impacto de dois projetos sociais específicos executados pela Faculdades EST: o Programa Jovem Aprendiz e o Programa Nacional de Segurança Pública com Cidadania (PRONASCI). Por se tratar de um estudo teológico que emprega instrumentos de pesquisa como o questionário semiestruturado, optamos por fazer uma interpretação dos dados coletados a partir de uma Teologia Diaconal. Nosso foco não se concentrou na Diaconia como ministério ordenado ou frente de serviço para a IECLB, mas, sim, como uma forma de leitura teológica que valoriza o campo social. / This work aiming to show the impact about two specific social projects were implemented by Faculdades EST: Programa Jovem Aprendiz (Apprentice Youth Program) and Programa Nacional de Segurança Pública com Cidadania (National Program about Citizenship in Public Protection). It was supported by bibliographical and collected data in fieldwork. As a theological study applying instruments like semi-structured survey we adopted the diaconal theological reading about collected data interpretation. Our kernel was not Diaconal Ordinate Ministry or as task for IECLB but it was as a theological view which regards social field.

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / Introdução - Considera o grande envolvimento da prática social cristã no Terceiro Setor, no que concerne ao contexto brasileiro, e realiza a análise dos conceitos pertinentes a uma teologia do amor de Deus. Objetivo - Conhecer a arquitetura da prática social cristã nos processos vetoriais da Seguridade Social organizada no Brasil e preconizada pela Constituição Federal de 1988, bem como seu funcionamento legislativo próprio e suas disposições jurídico-normativas no processo de enfrentamento da escassez, o qual organizado pelas comunidades de fé desde a faticidade. Metodologia - Pesquisa bibliográfico-conceitual no intuito construir referenciais próprios na compreensão do fenômeno em questão. Ao longo da pesquisa foram feitas incursões in loco em regiões específicas com objetivo de colher aproximações a respeito do trato teórico dispensado a determinadas práticas cristã sociais e como elas são processadas conceitualmente. O debate sobre achados entre pesquisadores e as trocas de conhecimentos foram fundamentais para a construção do argumento da tese. Resultados - A prática social cristã é tanto uma forma espaciotemporal de organização das comunidades de fé quanto uma forma de interpretar o papel que elas exercem sobre os contextos imediatos. A influência marcante da cultura condiciona as formas de organização, bem como define as formas de escassez contra as quais a prática social cristã é organizada e aplicada. As formas específicas que substanciam essa prática, a saber, a diaconia e a caridade, possuem seus sistemas epistêmicos característicos e não se deixam reduzir em vagas metadiscursivas, além disso, elas participam solidariamente de contextos, muitas vezes, marcados pela ausência de um aparato infraestrutural do Estado, envolvendo-as na união com outras formas de organização, o que gera sinergias salutares na consecução dos objetivos colocados. A diaconia e a caridade, na modernidade, possuem o mesmo nascedouro histórico e social, e compartilham a estrutura de ação que implica no i) trabalho voluntariado, ii) na aplicação de metodologias científicas e iii) na sensibilização da opinião pública de que certas ações precisam ser transformadas em políticas de Estado, saindo dessa forma do puro enfrentamento localizado. Quanto à divulgação de resultados obtidos socialmente, predominou por longo tempo uma lógica da inconsciência das boas obras, prejudicando assim a publicização dos resultados, algo que só veio a mudar com a Reforma do Estado na década de 1990, quando tomou lugar uma percepção gerencialista da administração pública, decorrendo daí a exigência de maior publicização da ações do Terceiro Setor, de maneira geral. Conclusões - A bibliografia respeitante ao tema e os dados das pesquisas estatísticas, que vêm sendo feitas ao longo dos últimos vinte anos, mostram que a prática social cristã exerce influência na organização do Terceiro Setor. Não só isso, contribui para a qualificação de territórios geográficos e espaços temporais como lugares de dignificação na vinculação de infraestrutura, calçamento, escola, esgoto, transporte, lazer, etc, à realização dos fundamentos básicos da cidadania. / Introduction This paper deals with the great involvement of Christian social practice in the Third Sector, as it relates to the Brazilian context, and carries out the analysis of the concepts pertinent to a theology of the love of God. Goal To get to know the architecture of the Christian social practice in the vector processes of the Social Security organized in Brazil and called for in the Federal Constitution of 1988, as well as its own legislative functioning and its normative-legal dispositions in the process of confronting scarcity, which is organized by faith communities ever since facticity. Methodology Bibliographic-conceptual research with the goal of constructing our own referentials for the comprehension of the phenomenon in question. Throughout the research incursions in loco were made in specific regions with the goal of gathering approximations with respect to the theoretical treatment given to certain Christian-social practices and how they are processed conceptually. The debate about the findings among the researchers and the exchanges of knowledge were fundamental for the construction of the argument of the dissertation. Results - The Christian social practice is a spacial temporal form of organization of the faith communities as well as a way of interpreting the role they exert on the immediate contexts. The marked influence of the culture conditions the forms of organization, as well as defines the forms of scarcity against which the Christian social practice is organized and applied. The specific forms which substantiate this practice, that is, diakonia and charity, have their own characteristic epistemic systems and do not let themselves be reduced to vague metadiscourses. Besides this, they participate solidarily in contexts, many times marked by the absence of an infrastructural apparatus of the State, thus becoming involved in uniting with other forms of organization, which generates salutary synergies in carrying out the designated goals. Diakonia and charity, in modernity, have the same historic and social birthing places and share the structure of action which implies in i) volunteer work, ii) application of scientific methodologies and iii) the sensitization of public opinion to understand that certain actions need to be transformed into State policies, thus getting out of the pure localized confrontation. As to the divulgement of socially obtained results, for a long time a logic of unawareness of the good works has predominated, thus hurting the publicization of the results, something that only changed with the Reformation of the State in the decade of 1990, when a managerialist perception of public administration took its place, thereby resulting in the demand for greater publicization of the actions of the Third Sector in a general way. Conclusions The bibliography with respect to the theme and to the data of the statistic research, which have been being done throughout the last twenty years, show that the Christian social practice exerts influence on the organization of the Third Sector. Not only that, it contributes to the qualification of geographic territories and temporal spaces as places of dignification within the linkage of infrastructure, pavements, school, sewage system, transportation, leisure, etc., to the realization of the fundamental basics of citizenship.

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico / Percebe-se que no contexto hodierno, cada vez mais as pessoas estão tendo dificuldades em lidar com a carga que o mundo pós-moderno ocidental inflige. O resultado disto são os inúmeros casos de pessoas que procuram por terapias. Esta pesquisa aborda a colaboração entre a Teologia Prática e a Musicoterapia no concernente a sua atuação para potencialização do cuidado em grupos de canto na IECLB. Para tanto se fez necessário um trabalho de pesquisa bibliográfica com a finalidade de apresentar formas de cuidado oriundas do fazer musical, das mensagens da hinologia oficial da IECLB, entre outros fatores terapêuticos atrelados ao convívio e vínculo grupal. O presente trabalho está dividido em três capítulos. O primeiro capítulo destinou-se à exposição de dois importantes conceitos para este trabalho: Musicoterapia com sua abordagem terapêutica dos elementos da música (ritmo, melodia, harmonia) fornecendo um cuidado diferenciado às pessoas em situação de fragilidade; e o cuidado a partir, principalmente da concepção do teólogo Leonardo Boff. O referido cuidado é abordado primeiramente de uma forma geral, visando suas diferentes definições, até um cuidado mais específico encontrado na diaconia e cuidado advindo de Cristo. O segundo capítulo se caracteriza por uma abordagem histórica expondo a ligação da música com a espiritualidade, especialmente com a fé judaico-cristã; na sequência é pesquisada a relação música-igreja-grupo a partir do envolvimento de Lutero, e, por conseguinte, pela chegada da teologia luterana em território brasileiro, junto com os primeiros imigrantes alemães. No último capítulo é realizado um levantamento bibliográfico acerca do relato de cuidado prestado por pessoas vinculadas a grupos de música, desde membros até coordenadores; são apresentadas mensagens de cuidado contidas nos temas e hinos do hinário oficial da IECLB (Hinos do Povo de Deus); também são apresentados fatores terapêuticos atrelados ao estar em grupo; e, para finalizar, são expostas algumas formas de cuidado oriundas da aplicação de possíveis objetivos terapêuticos em Musicoterapia. / One can perceive in the context of daily life, that people are having ever greater difficulties in dealing with the load inflicted upon them by the post-modern Western world. The result of this is the innumerable cases of people seeking therapies. This research deals with the collaboration between Practical Theology and Music Therapy relating to its action in potentializing care giving in singing groups in the IECLB [Evangelical Church of Lutheran Confession in Brazil]. To accomplish this bibliographical research work was necessary in order to present ways of care giving stemming from musical action, from messages from the official hymnology of the IECLB, among other therapeutic factors connected to group communal interaction and ties. This paper is divided into three chapters. The first chapter was designated to the exposition of two important concepts for this work: Music Therapy with its therapeutic approach of musical elements (rhythm, melody, harmony) providing a differentiated care giving for people in situations of frailty; and care giving based mainly on theologian Leonardo Boff‟s conception. The care giving referred to is first approached in a general way, focusing on its different definitions, going to a more specific care giving found in diakonia and care giving coming from Christ. The second chapter is characterized by an historical approach presenting the connection of music to spirituality, especially within the Jewish-Christian faith; in sequence the relation of music-church-group is researched based on Luther‟s involvement, and, finally, the arrival of Lutheran theology on Brazilian territory, together with the first German immigrants. In the last chapter a bibliographic survey is carried out about the reports of care giving given by people tied to music groups, from members to coordinators; care giving messages appearing in the themes and hymns of the official hymnal of the IECLB (Hinos do Povo de Deus [Hymns of the People of God]) are presented; therapeutic factors tied to being in a group are also presented; and, finalizing, some forms of care giving coming from applying possible therapeutic goals of Music Therapy are presented.

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / Destaca-se a necessária tarefa da diaconia de produzir um movimento de mediação entre o polo da presença de Cristo na comunidade de seus servos e o polo da sua presença no sofrimento do mundo. O verdadeiro culto ao Deus encarnado é provado nas ações concretas de amor. Ações que constituem a ética pessoal e comunitária daqueles e daquelas que afirmam ser discípulos e discípulas do Kyrios-Diácono, através da hospitalidade que acolhe na comunhão e pela visitação que acode e caminha com a pessoa sofredora. São ações que protegem e promovem a vida e corroboram para que esta seja tão digna quanto possível. Assim, a diaconia se mantém em estreita relação com os demais serviços da comunidade de fé e evita que estes se tornem alienados da vida real, encarnando-os. Trata-se do olhar diaconia vida: responde a pergunta pelo fazer da diaconia pela vida. É a ética vivenciada. Através da fenomenologia da Vida de Michel Henry (1922-2002), tem-se um olhar complementar: a Vida que se apresenta na vida pela textura do sofrimento e do prazer. É o olhar que parte da perspectiva da Vida com suas implicações para a diaconia: Vida diaconia. A diaconia não se limita apenas a ações para a vida. É-o também ação da Vida na vida. Cuida no e ensina a viver o sofrimento. Dos sofrimentos, a investigação direciona o olhar para a problemática da dependência de substâncias psicoativas. Apresenta o desenvolvimento conceitual da dependência, importante para vencer os preconceitos. Aponta as principais características da pessoa dependente e do processo motivacional, para subsidiar uma proposta terapêutica. Analisa a proposta das Comunidades Terapêuticas, instituições de acolhimento terapêutico, com seus diferentes modelos. Os aportes da diaconia e da fenomenologia da Vida enriquecem a oferta destas instituições e apontam para a continuidade que se dá no acolhimento diaconal nas comunidades de fé. O quadro desta investigação diaconia fenomenologia da vida dependência Comunidades Terapêuticas recebe um colorido especial, através da leitura de relatos vivos de pessoas reais que vivenciaram de diferentes formas esta textura da Vida. A diaconia vivenciada pela fruição da Vida, torna-se terapêutica. / The necessary task of diakonia to produce a mediation movement between the center of the presence of Christ in the community of his servants and the center of his presence in the suffering of the world is highlighted. The true worship of the incarnated God is proved in concrete actions of love - actions which constitute the personal and community ethics of those who affirm that they are disciples of the Kyrios-Deacon, through the hospitality which welcomes into communion and through visitation which succors and walks with the suffering person. These are actions which protect and promote life and corroborate so that this life might be as dignified as possible. Thus, diakonia maintains a strict relation with other services of the faith community and avoids that these become alienated from the real life by incarnating them. It is about the diakonia-life perspective: it answers the question about diakonia for life. It is lived ethics. Through Michel Henrys phenomenology (1922-2002), one has a complementary perspective: The Life which presents itself in life through the weaving of suffering and pleasure. It is a look that stems from the perspective of Life with its implications for diakonia: Life-diakonia. Diakonia is not limited only to actions for life. It is also the action of the Life in life. It gives care and teaches to live in suffering. From the sufferings, the investigation directs its look to the problem of psychoactive substance dependence. It presents the conceptual development of dependence, which is important to overcome pre-judgments. It points out the main characteristics of a dependent person and of the motivational process, to substantiate a therapeutic proposal. It analyzes the proposal of the Therapeutic Communities, institutions of therapeutic welcoming in with their different models. The contributions of diakonia and of the phenomenology of Life enrich the offer of these institutions and point to the continuity which is propitiated by the diaconal welcoming in the faith communities. The framework of this investigation diakonia-phenomenology of life dependence Therapeutic Communities acquires a special coloring through the reading of live reports of real people who have experienced in different ways this weaving of Life. The diakonia experienced because of the fruition of Life becomes therapeutic.

The thesis aims to contribute to the theoretical grounding of diakonia as the Christian-oriented practice of helping in modern society. Methodologically the author works with the social systems theory developed by Niklas Luhmann, which enables a differentiated description of the multidimensional reality of Christian helping action in its historical development and present situation. In the first part, the topic is theologically grounded ? biblically, historically and dogmatically. Then the main features of social systems theory are presented. Emphasis is placed on the dual ? primary (functional) and secondary (social) ? differentiation in society and its consequences for understanding diakonia. In this context diakonia is observed as the structural coupling of the systems of social help and Christianity and subsequently defined as helping in gospel perspective, which can be observed at micro-, meso- and macro-levels, i.e., in the context of interaction, organization and society ? and at the same time different theories must be developed for Christian helping at the individual levels. In the second part, the sociological description of the differentiation of diakonia is first confronted with theologically-oriented descriptions of differentiation in the context of Christianity and, following especially Wichern?s division of diakonia into civic, free and ecclesial, attention is focused on the ?tripod of diakonia? in the Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren in the form of Diaconia of ECCB, Christian service and diaconate. This multi-focus view of diakonia makes it possible to reflect on its mutually irreducible layers and search for adequate theories for each of them. In the formation of the Christian dimension of the organization emphasis is placed on cultivating an adequate organization culture. Interaction has to do with the mutual ?neighborly? help within a community. The specific function of diaconate is identified in constructing bridges between the ecclesial level of Christianity and its connection with the system of social help, as well as other partial systems in society ? and in this sense it is perceived as again highly relevant. In the concluding chapter, the communication-based approach of social systems theory is correlated with the practical-theological paradigm of gospel communication. In this context diakonia is understood as an inseparable part of ?gospel communication?.

Abstract The purpose of this study was to clarify the notion of diaconal nursing, to produce a description of diaconal nursing and to outline a model of it. The study was accomplished in three stages in accordance with the hybrid model developed by Schwarz-Barcott and Kim (2000). At the theoretical stage, the literature was searched for information of diaconal nursing. For this purpose, a discretionary sample of references dealing with diaconal work and nursing was collected in 1998–1999. The material was analyzed with methods of inductive content analysis. At the empirical stage, the narrative approach was used to collect experiential data about diaconal nursing. The data were collected in the form of written essays complemented by oral interviews. The narrators were a group of 70 senior nursing students with the orientation towards diaconal care, 36 teachers of diaconal care, two consecrated deaconess nurses from five polytechnics on different locations in Finland and eight nurses without diaconal education and four patients from the Kanta-Häme and Pirkanmaa regions. One of the informants was testing the diaconal nursing practice, and she discussed that in her personal narrative. The data were collected in 1998–2003. The substance of the empirical data was analyzed with holistic methods of narrative content analysis. At the analytical stage, diaconal nursing was described as a synthesis of the theoretical and empirical stages, and a model was constructed based on that description. The results indicated that nurses with and without diaconal education used different terms to describe diaconal nursing. Based on the model developed here, diaconal work and nursing are combined into diaconal nursing via the cultural level of religion. Diaconal nursing is a profession carried out in nursing environments and parishes by nurses with diaconal education. Knowledge of both nursing science and theology is applied. In addition to nursing interventions, caritative and liturgic interventions are also used in diaconal nursing. The term 'professional service' is in diaconal nursing. The interactive relationship is a professional human relationship, where the person being cared for receives care and compassion without an obligation to "pay back". For the nursing professional, actions accordant with the Christian view of humanity may be a resource in everyday nursing. The recipient of care is not expected to have a religious or other conviction. Diaconal nursing can be learnt through education, and being a professing Christian is not enough to make a nurse a professional of diaconal nursing. The knowledge produced is the study can be utilized in diaconal nursing instruction and helps students to encounter people in nursing practice. The model also provides insight for the development of diaconal nursing curricula in polytechnics. / Tiivistelmä Tämän tutkimuksen tarkoituksena oli selkiyttää käsitystä diakonisesta hoitotyöstä ja tuottaa kuvaus diakonisesta hoitotyöstä sekä rakentaa siitä malli. Tutkimus muodostuu kolmesta vaiheesta Schwarz - Barcottin ja Kimin (2000) kuvaaman hybridisen mallin mukaisesti. Teoreettisessa vaiheessa tehtävänä oli etsiä kirjallisuudesta tietoa diakonisesta hoitotyöstä. Tätä varten kerättiin 1998–1999 harkinnanvaraisella otannalla aineisto diakoniaa ja hoitotyötä käsittelevästä kirjallisuudesta. Aineisto analysoitiin induktiivisella sisällönanalyysilla. Empiirisessä vaiheessa koottiin narratiivista lähestymistapaa soveltaen kokemuksellista tietoa diakonisesta hoitotyöstä. Aineisto koottiin kirjoitelmina ja sitä täydennettiin haastatteluin. Kertojina oli 70 diakoniapainotteisen sairaanhoitajakoulutuksen päättävää opiskelijaa, 36 diakonian opettajaa, kaksi diakonian virkaan vihittyä sairaanhoitajaa viiden eri paikkakunnan ammattikorkeakoulusta sekä 8 sairaanhoitajaa ja 4 potilasta Kanta-Hämeestä ja Pirkanmaalta. Yksi kertojista testasi diakonista hoitotyötä hoitokäytännössä, josta hän tuotti sisäisen tarinansa. Aineisto koottiin 1998–2003 välisenä aikana. Aineisto analysoitiin holistis-sisällöllisesti narratiivisen aineiston analyysin mukaisesti. Analyyttisessa vaiheessa kuvattiin diakonista hoitotyötä teoreettisen ja empiirisen vaiheen muodostamana synteesinä, jonka perusteella siitä rakennettiin malli. Tulokset osoittivat, että diakoniaan kouluttautuneet ja kouluttautumattomat sairaanhoitajat puhuvat eri käsittein diakonisesta hoitotyöstä. Kehitetyn mallin mukaan diakonia ja hoitotyö yhdistyvät diakoniseksi hoitotyöksi uskonnon kulttuurisen tason kautta. Diakoninen hoitotyö on professio, jota tekevät diakoniseen hoitotyöhön kouluttautuneet sairaanhoitajat hoitotyön toimintaympäristöissä ja seurakunnissa. Siinä sovelletaan hoitotieteen ja teologian tietoa. Diakonisessa hoitotyössä toteutetaan hoitotyön auttamismenetelmien lisäksi karitatiivisia ja liturgisia auttamismenetelmiä. Diakonisessa hoitotyössä puhutaan ammatillisesta palvelemisesta. Vuorovaikutussuhde on ammatillinen lähimmäissuhde, jossa hoidettava kokee saavansa lahjomatonta hoitamista ja rakkauden tunnetta. Hoitotyöntekijälle kristillisen ihmiskäsityksen mukainen toiminta voi olla voimavara hoitamisen arjessa. Hoidettavana olevalta ihmiseltä ei edellytetä uskonnollista tai muuta vakaumusta. Diakoninen hoitotyö voidaan oppia koulutuksessa ja pelkkä hoitajan kristillinen vakaumus ei anna valmiuksia tähän työhön. Tutkimuksessa tuotettua tietoa voidaan hyödyntää hoitotyön opetuksessa ja sen seurauksena käytännön hoitotyössä ihmisen kohtaamisissa. Lisäksi tuotettu malli lisää ymmärrystä kehittää diakonista hoitotyötä opiskelevan sairaanhoitajan opetussuunnitelmaa ammattikorkeakoulussa.

This thesis describes place of encounter Travná from the time of its establishment to 2014. The main aim of this work is to describe what types of influences affected meetings of youth in Travná. The main sources used in this work are several interviews which were conducted with people who are connected to Travná in some way. Methods of oral history were used for the realization and processing of these interviews. Thanks to a wide variety of interviews across the investigated time period, we can find out a lot about the history of youth meetings. A large part of the thesis is devoted to pastor Adolf Petr, who was the founder of Travná and who influenced many other events connected with youth meetings. Other topics which arose from the interviews and which are important for the youth meetings are different types and displays of piety, work in Travná, ecumenical and foreign collaboration, time of Communism and social work in Travná. The author tries to put encounters in Travná before 1989 into the context of other young people church meetings in Czechoslovakia. Events from 1990s Travná are seen in the context of a newly formed legal and economic system.

The phenomenon of Swedish retirement choosing to emigrate abroad is increasing. Spain is a popular destination, partly for the climate, but also for the Cheaper living standards. Moving abroad in old age does not just have to mean happiness. Social problems can arise, among other things, the feeling of loneliness is something that affects most of us at some point during the stage of life. What will happen to the Swedish retirements who emigrate to Spain? How do they relate to the feeling of loneliness when they are in another country and is there anything that can alleviate or help.  The Church of Sweden is located on the Costa del Sol and performs diaconal, social work. They are available to Swedish citizens who are in need of support and help for various reasons. This essay will focus on how Swedish Spanish retirement experience their social life in Fuengirola, Spain and how they relate to their feelings of loneliness. / Fenomenet med att svenska pensionärer väljer att emigrera utomlands ökar. Spanien är ett populärt resmål, delvis för klimatet, men även för de låga skattesatserna. Att flytta utomlands på äldre dagar behöver inte bara innebära lycka. Sociala problem kan uppstå, bland annat är känslan av ensamhet något som drabbar de flesta av oss någon gång under livets skede. Hur blir det för de svenska pensionärerna som emigrerar till Spanien? Hur förhåller de sig till känslan av ensamhet när de befinner sig i ett annat land och finns det något som kan lindra eller hjälpa. Svenska kyrkan befinner sig på plats i bland annat Costa del Sol och utför diakonalt, socialt arbete. De finns tillgängliga för svenska medborgare som är i behov av stöd och hjälp av olika skäl. Denna uppsats kommer att fokusera på hur de svenska spanienpensionärerna upplever sin sociala tillvaro i Fuengirola, Spanien och hur de relaterar till sina känslor av ensamhet.

Syftet med denna studie är att ge kunskap om hur diakoner i Svenska kyrkan upplever att deras yrkesidentitet påverkas av spänningen mellan att vara yrkesutbildad socionom och att vara kallad till diakon av Gud och kyrkan. Studien baserades på åtta kvalitativa, semistrukturerade intervjuer med diakoner från åtta olika församlingar i Stockholms stift. Empirin har bearbetats genom tematisk analys och hermeneutisk meningstolkning och analyserats utifrån begrepp från två rollteorier. Studien visar att diakonerna kan förhålla sig till det sakrala och profana i sina yrkesidentiteter på tre olika sätt. För vissa diakoner är det sakrala och profana i yrkesidentiteten välintegrerat, dessa diakoner upplever inte några motstridigheter mellan det sekulära i att vara socionom och det religiösa i att vara kallad av Gud. För andra diakoner tar antingen det sakrala eller det profana över, exempelvis om de upplever att de inte har tillräckligt med kunskap i teologi och därför främst arbetar med socialt arbete och det profana. Det tredje förhållningssättet är att det kontinuerligt sker en förhandling mellan det sakrala och profana, detta tar sig till exempel uttryck i att diakonerna ibland får stöd och vägledning genom sitt kall, men ibland genom sin kunskap från socionomutbildningen. Gemensamt för diakonerna är att relationen mellan det sakrala och profana i diakonernas yrkesidentitet påverkas av kontextuella faktorer, som organisationen och det sekulära samhället. / The purpose of this study is to provide knowledge about how deacons in the Church of Sweden experience that their professional identity is affected by the tension between being a professional social worker and being called to be a deacon by God and the church. The study is based on eight qualitative, semi-structured interviews with deacons from eight different parishes in the diocese of Stockholm. The material was processed through thematic analysis and hermeneutic interpretation of meaning. It was later analyzed based on concepts from two role theories. The study shows that deacons can relate to the sacred and profane in their professional identities in three different ways. For some deacons, the sacred and profane in their professional identity is well integrated, these deacons do not experience any contradictions between the secular in being a social worker and the religious in being called by God. For other deacons, either the sacred or the profane take over, for example if they feel that they do not have enough knowledge in theology and therefore mainly work with social work and the profane. The third approach is that there is continuous negotiation between the sacred and the profane. An example of this is that deacons sometimes find support and guidance through their calling, and sometimes through their education in social work. The deacons have in common that the relationship between the sacred and the profane in their professional identity is influenced by contextual factors, such as the organization and the secular society.