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1	Renegotiating identity : re-authoring narratives post infidelity and divorce Day, Penelope Joy 30 November 2007 (has links) This qualitatively oriented Practical Theology research journey, informed by postmodernism and social constructionism, was based on a narrative enquiry into the healing and renegotiation of identity of five "faithful spouses" post infidelity and divorce. These conversations occurred within a small group context, where narratives were spoken and witnessed (pastoral therapeutic gatherings), and were aimed at enabling the participants to remember and re-author preferred identities and new ways of being. This dissertation attempts to bring together the narratives of the participants, the literature, narrative therapy and pastoral care. My research curiosity was prompted by my mother's experience of divorce, and by the myriad number of conversations I have had with both "infidels" and "faithful spouses" in my pastoral practice. This research journey examines the process of co-creating, along with my fellow travellers (research participants), a viable model of divorce recovery in the face of infidelity and divorce. / Practical Theology / M.Th. (Pastoral Theology) Witnessing Pastoral therapeutic gathering Discourse Rite-of-passage Faithful spouse Infidel Infidelity Divorce recovery Divorce Katharsis Reflexivity Social constructionism Cura animarum Ethical pastoral care Practical theology Narrative approach 259.08653 Church work with divorced people Divorce counseling Narrative therapy
2	Renegotiating identity : re-authoring narratives post infidelity and divorce Day, Penelope Joy 30 November 2007 (has links) This qualitatively oriented Practical Theology research journey, informed by postmodernism and social constructionism, was based on a narrative enquiry into the healing and renegotiation of identity of five "faithful spouses" post infidelity and divorce. These conversations occurred within a small group context, where narratives were spoken and witnessed (pastoral therapeutic gatherings), and were aimed at enabling the participants to remember and re-author preferred identities and new ways of being. This dissertation attempts to bring together the narratives of the participants, the literature, narrative therapy and pastoral care. My research curiosity was prompted by my mother's experience of divorce, and by the myriad number of conversations I have had with both "infidels" and "faithful spouses" in my pastoral practice. This research journey examines the process of co-creating, along with my fellow travellers (research participants), a viable model of divorce recovery in the face of infidelity and divorce. / Philosophy, Practical and Systematic Theology / M.Th. (Pastoral Theology) Witnessing Pastoral therapeutic gathering Discourse Rite-of-passage Faithful spouse Infidel Infidelity Divorce recovery Divorce Katharsis Reflexivity Social constructionism Cura animarum Ethical pastoral care Practical theology Narrative approach 259.08653 Church work with divorced people Divorce counseling Narrative therapy

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Renegotiating identity : re-authoring narratives post infidelity and divorce

Renegotiating identity : re-authoring narratives post infidelity and divorce