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131	Ondersoek na die volhoubaarheid van jeugwerk as professie in die Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk Swartz, Liezl 30 November 2003 (has links) An applied study was undertaken to describe the current position of youth work as profession in the Dutch Reformed Church and to identify factors influencing the sustainability. A review of relevant literature, as well as an empirical survey were conducted to investigate pertinent factors such as the working conditions, the person and the training of the youth worker. In the empirical research respondents completing questionnaires consisted of former students of the Huguenot College currently employed as church youth workers, and those who left the ministry. Interviews were conducted with congregations currently employing or having employed youth workers. It is evident from this study that the youth work profession is not yet satisfactorily established and thus contributes to youth workers leaving the ministry. In the interest of youth ministry, it is essential for the Dutch Reformed Church to acknowledge these factors influencing the sustainability of youth work as profession, in order to get this occupation properly established. / Practical Theology / M.Diac. (Jeugwerk-rigting) Youth worker Youth work Working Conditions Training Professional Body for Youth Workers Profession Occupation Practical theology Huguenot College Dutch Reformed Church Curriculum Church youth workers Church youth work Sustainability Calling 658.4056 Preaching to youth -- South Africa Church youth workers -- South Africa
132	Ondersoek na die volhoubaarheid van jeugwerk as professie in die Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk Swartz, Liezl 30 November 2003 (has links) An applied study was undertaken to describe the current position of youth work as profession in the Dutch Reformed Church and to identify factors influencing the sustainability. A review of relevant literature, as well as an empirical survey were conducted to investigate pertinent factors such as the working conditions, the person and the training of the youth worker. In the empirical research respondents completing questionnaires consisted of former students of the Huguenot College currently employed as church youth workers, and those who left the ministry. Interviews were conducted with congregations currently employing or having employed youth workers. It is evident from this study that the youth work profession is not yet satisfactorily established and thus contributes to youth workers leaving the ministry. In the interest of youth ministry, it is essential for the Dutch Reformed Church to acknowledge these factors influencing the sustainability of youth work as profession, in order to get this occupation properly established. / Philosophy, Practical and Systematic Theology / M.Diac. (Jeugwerk-rigting) Youth worker Youth work Working Conditions Training Professional Body for Youth Workers Profession Occupation Practical theology Huguenot College Dutch Reformed Church Curriculum Church youth workers Church youth work Sustainability Calling 259.202368 Preaching to youth -- South Africa Church youth workers -- South Africa
133	Pathways to healing : an empirical-theology study of the healing praxis of 'the group' Assemblies of God in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Thomas, Andrew James 06 1900 (has links) The study commenced by identifying a theological problem relating to the lack of understanding regarding grass-roots African Pentecostal healing praxis. The empirical-theological approach of Van der Ven was utilised, therefore, to study the healing praxis of an African Pentecostal body, called: The Group‘ Assemblies of God, in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Van der Ven‘s original framework was developed by drawing on the hermeneutic and methodological work of Cartledge. A case study was undertaken on a Group‘ Assembly in rural KwaZulu-Natal. The use of social scientific techniques produced a wide range of results that point to the church‘s ministry of healing as a process, rooted in the Trinity, that can occur through varied channels. These pathways ended in a broad understanding of healing. A dialogue between the qualitative results and the healing literature was used to develop a more precise theological question. Case study categories were conceptualised and then operationalised as a questionnaire. A survey was performed on all Assemblies affiliated to The Group‘ Assemblies of God in KwaZulu-Natal. A significant number of people participated in the survey which produced a wide range of data. It is found that worldview and charismatic experience form an important hermeneutic axis that influences attitudes towards the healing ministry. Conservative biblical belief, ethnicity, education and gender influence attitudes towards healing. A distinct divide exists between positive attitudes towards physical, spiritual, inner healing and deliverance and more negative attitudes towards social and environmental healing. The reflection on these results focuses on the perceived influence of American dispensational fundamentalism. The eschatology formed from these beliefs has a narrowing effect on holistic healing ministry. Moltmann‘s transformational eschatology is suggested, therefore, as a suitable alternative. The methodological evaluation finds that several problems exist with regard to research in a rural African location. The cycle concludes by offering a range of suggestions for further study. / Practical Theology / D. Th. (Practical Theology) Pentecostal healing Church‘s ministry of healing The Group Assemblies of God Empirical-theological cycle Johannes A. van der Ven Evangelical-Charismatic hermeneutic Dialectics in the Spirit Affective theological praxis Practical theological rescripting Mark J. Cartledge Kathleen M. Eidenhardt Worldview Carismatic experience Bible scale Andrew Village Transformational eschatology Jürgen Moltmann Eucharist Breaking of Bread The Lord‘s Supper Veli-Matti Kärkäinnen Walter Hollenweger Keith Warrington Francis MacNutt Jacques P.J. Theron Ven, J. A. van der,1940- Healing in the Bible Trinity -- Biblical teaching Eschatology Cartledge, Mark J., 1962- Lord's Supper MacNutt, Francis 234.13109684 Spiritual healing Eschatology -- Biblical teaching
134	Pathways to healing : an empirical-theology study of the healing praxis of 'the group' Assemblies of God in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Thomas, Andrew James 06 1900 (has links) The study commenced by identifying a theological problem relating to the lack of understanding regarding grass-roots African Pentecostal healing praxis. The empirical-theological approach of Van der Ven was utilised, therefore, to study the healing praxis of an African Pentecostal body, called: The Group‘ Assemblies of God, in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Van der Ven‘s original framework was developed by drawing on the hermeneutic and methodological work of Cartledge. A case study was undertaken on a Group‘ Assembly in rural KwaZulu-Natal. The use of social scientific techniques produced a wide range of results that point to the church‘s ministry of healing as a process, rooted in the Trinity, that can occur through varied channels. These pathways ended in a broad understanding of healing. A dialogue between the qualitative results and the healing literature was used to develop a more precise theological question. Case study categories were conceptualised and then operationalised as a questionnaire. A survey was performed on all Assemblies affiliated to The Group‘ Assemblies of God in KwaZulu-Natal. A significant number of people participated in the survey which produced a wide range of data. It is found that worldview and charismatic experience form an important hermeneutic axis that influences attitudes towards the healing ministry. Conservative biblical belief, ethnicity, education and gender influence attitudes towards healing. A distinct divide exists between positive attitudes towards physical, spiritual, inner healing and deliverance and more negative attitudes towards social and environmental healing. The reflection on these results focuses on the perceived influence of American dispensational fundamentalism. The eschatology formed from these beliefs has a narrowing effect on holistic healing ministry. Moltmann‘s transformational eschatology is suggested, therefore, as a suitable alternative. The methodological evaluation finds that several problems exist with regard to research in a rural African location. The cycle concludes by offering a range of suggestions for further study. / Philosophy, Practical and Systematic Theology / D. Th. (Practical Theology) Pentecostal healing Church‘s ministry of healing The Group Assemblies of God Empirical-theological cycle Johannes A. van der Ven Evangelical-Charismatic hermeneutic Dialectics in the Spirit Affective theological praxis Practical theological rescripting Mark J. Cartledge Kathleen M. Eidenhardt Worldview Carismatic experience Bible scale Andrew Village Transformational eschatology Jürgen Moltmann Eucharist Breaking of Bread The Lord‘s Supper Veli-Matti Kärkäinnen Walter Hollenweger Keith Warrington Francis MacNutt Jacques P.J. Theron Ven, J. A. van der,1940- Healing in the Bible Trinity -- Biblical teaching Eschatology Cartledge, Mark J., 1962- Lord's Supper MacNutt, Francis 234.13109684 Spiritual healing Eschatology -- Biblical teaching
135	Women storying HIV/AIDS in community Nieuwmeyer, Susan Mary 11 1900 (has links) The research is about African women living with HIV and women grieving the death of loved ones as a result of AIDS. We discuss the women's preferred care for the ill person and for the family as well as for the bereaved family. We consider together the effects of HIV/AIDS in the community: the stigma attached to the disease and the fears of people that they may contract HIV. The women and I acknowledge the closely woven relationships between faith and culture in a predominantly Xhosa community. Participatory action research is used and contextual feminist theology within a postmodern social construction approach to narrative pastoral therapy. / Philosophy, Practical and Systematic Theology / M.Th. (Practical Theology) HIV AIDS Community Faith community African women Xhosa faith and culture practices Culture Ritual Narrative pastoral therapy Participatory action research 362.19697920968734 Grief therapy -- South Africa -- Strand
136	Women storying HIV/AIDS in community Nieuwmeyer, Susan Mary 11 1900 (has links) The research is about African women living with HIV and women grieving the death of loved ones as a result of AIDS. We discuss the women's preferred care for the ill person and for the family as well as for the bereaved family. We consider together the effects of HIV/AIDS in the community: the stigma attached to the disease and the fears of people that they may contract HIV. The women and I acknowledge the closely woven relationships between faith and culture in a predominantly Xhosa community. Participatory action research is used and contextual feminist theology within a postmodern social construction approach to narrative pastoral therapy. / Philosophy, Practical and Systematic Theology / M.Th. (Practical Theology) HIV AIDS Community Faith community African women Xhosa faith and culture practices Culture Ritual Narrative pastoral therapy Participatory action research 362.19697920968734 Grief therapy -- South Africa -- Strand

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