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1	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. / Practical 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
2	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. / Practical 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
3	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
4	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

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