This dissertation investigates the Preacher and his/her homiletic contribution to transformation, development and healing of human society. Descartes (1596-1650) is the father of modern thinking. A fragmented approach to life, which he accentuated reason above all other aspects of human endevour, thus derived the dichotomy that emphasizes the material and despises the spiritual as metaphysical. It appears that from this thinking, the preacher has been bombarded with misperceptions and misconceptions when confronted with the transformation, development and therapeutic issues of this modern; if not post modern era. The modern Church is not free of blame for enforcing this approach that sidelines the Preacher from his full balanced mandate that is God given, namely: work it and care for it. Meaning transform the earth for the better and heal it as a divine decree with a bearing of preparing people for the hereafter. The Preacher is crucial and pivotal to society’s transformation, development and the healing of the human condition, which is bedevilled by many natural and unnatural maladies that constantly challenge life as God ordained it. A holistic approach of the Preacher and his/her homilies is critical and is an important contribution to the unlocking, unfolding, releasing and unleashing of the hidden potential which can heal human society. This dissertation proposes the need for change /shift of mindset in order to embrace progress and healing of humans; as this is a very human phenomenon with transcendent help. This need is observed in the homilies that are preached in the rural villages; which lack balance in the holistic approach. The homilies of Billy Graham, Martyn Lloyd-Jones and ancient John Chrysostom are depicted to demonstrate how preaching has contributed to bring regeneration, progress and healing to human society. The case studies of three churches in Venda namely Tshigubu (Drum) Church (African Independent), Lutheran Church (Churches of Reformation) and Calvary Christian Church (charismatic church) are investigated with regard to changes they have brought within the Venda society. When the history of western/ modern civilization is traced from Sumerian and Graeco- Roman times, the Preacher features prominently; and even in rural Venda with its kings and chiefs; the Preacher remains critical to the phenomenon under study. / Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2012. / Practical Theology / unrestricted

This diploma thesis is concerned with a concept of marketing strategy for a chosen company. The main goal of this thesis is to create a marketing strategy for the company. This strategy should be in accordance with holistic marketing concept. This marketing strategy will reflect the main characteristic of the company and the situation of the Czech market as well. This diploma thesis is divided into two parts. The first part describes a theoretical basis of the holistic marketing concept. The second part analyses the level of marketing in the company and suggests new marketing activities.

I vår moderna tid har lättillgänglig och billig konsumtion bidragit till färre reparationer av defekta ting i hushållen. Det nuvarande förhållningssättet till materialitet orsakar avfall och missbruk av naturresurser som leder till förändringar i det biologiska systemet. Studien undersöker därför möjligheter i att minska på konsumtion och avfall genom ett designförslag som kan bidra till att skapa sunda förhållningsätt gentemot defekta ting. Uppsatsen består av teorier som lyfter olika perspektiv angående materialitet och miljö, samt vilka emotionella värden som kan uppstå ur vårdandet av tingen. För att kunna bistå med en designlösning som bidrar till sundare förhållningssätt angående materialitet, har undersökningar och experiment utförts både på egen hand men också tillsammans med en fokusgrupp om fem personer i åldern 26 - 45 där varje individs förhållningssätt till defekta ting varierat.Utifrån studiens empiri kan en se att det finns utrymme för utveckling av diverse lösningsansatser. Något som dock framkom mer tydligt var avsaknaden på kunskap och tillgång till hjälpmedel för reparation av defekta ting i hemmet. Designlösningen som togs fram resulterade i ett reparationskit med verktyg för övergripande ändamål som kan lånas på bibliotek, samt tillgång till en öppen webplattform innehållande diverse möjligheter för reparation. / In our modern times, easily accessible and cheap consumption has contributed to fewer repairs on flawed aesthetics in households. The current approach to materiality causes waste and misuse of natural resources that leads to changes in the biological system. The study therefore examines possibilities to reduce consumption and waste through a design proposal that can contribute in creating healthy attitudes towards flawed things.The essay consists of theories that highlight different perspectives on materiality and the environment, and which emotional values can arise from the care of things. In order to access a design solution that contributes to a healthier approach on materiality, studies and experiments have been carried out both on my own and together with a focus group consisting of five people aged 26 to 45, whose approach on flawed things varied.Based on the study's empirical information, one can see that there is room for the development of various solution approaches to the problem of over-consumption. However, something that emerged more clearly was the lack of knowledge and access to tools for repairing flawed things in households. The design solution that was developed resulted in a repair kit with tools for various purposes that can be borrowed from libraries, as well as access to an open web platform containing various possibilities for reparation.

In this thesis, I document the ideas behind and my process for Play in the Woods, an experiment in slow theater-making that serves as a model for how dramaturgs can facilitate sustainable, holistic methods of performance. This model is grounded in feminist theater practices and the aesthetic of poor theater. In creating the performance of Play in the Woods, I as dramaturg invited participants to serve as co-creators, individually crafting pieces that examined fairytales and the role those stories have played on their lives. The performance was held out of doors at the Amethyst Brook Conservation Area on the afternoon of May 5th, 2018. This framework allowed for an examination of the role of childhood and memory, as well as space, place, and the natural world, on my and the other performers’ sense of self in light of our personal and cultural influences.

The consumers of health care (patients) want their religious and spiritual needs to be addressed within the South African Government Hospitals’ (SAGH) settings. Similarly, the providers of health care (doctors, nurses, and other clinical staff in the multi-disciplinary health care teams) are not religious and spiritual experts to respond to these needs in the health care settings. Therefore, this challenge can be resolved by the Department of Health (DoH) by recognising and embracing the health care chaplaincy. On the same vein, the DoH must employ a holistic and patient-centred medical model in its clinical approach to care. This will translate into the patients’ religious and spiritual needs being provided by the religious and spiritual experts in the SAGH settings. This approach ensures that these services are not counter-productive to the medical approach. The other challenge is lack of trained and licenced providers of religious and spiritual care to practice in the clinical setting by employing the methods which are supported by scientific evidence. The purpose of this research is to investigate a need for the possible establishment of chaplaincy in South African Government Hospitals for holistic approach to care which includes the patients’ religious and spiritual dimensions of being, with a view to develop a chaplaincy model that is responsive to the patients’ religious and spiritual needs. The DoH is expected to provide a well-balanced, holistic and patient-centred health care to all the SA citizenry which resonates with the Constitution of the RSA (1996), the NPRC, the WHO (2010) principles, and global health care norms, standards and principles on addressing the patients’ religious and spiritual needs through the practice of the professional health care chaplaincy. The study employed a qualitative research designs of ethnography (participant observation), to gather first-hand information (data) at the research field, that helps to describe how the religious and spiritual needs are addressed in the SAGH settings; phenomenological approach, to gather information (data) that describe the meaning of the lived experiences of the caregivers and patients in the health care settings; and grounded theory, by analysing and interpreting data from research interviews, in order to explore theory of health care chaplaincy in the SAGH settings with a view to understand its phenomenon. The study followed Osmer’s four task of Practical Theological Interpretation (PTI) as a framework and plan to guide the process of the study, and on how to interpret and respond to the challenges of this research project. The researcher was a participant observer at the PHC research field, purposively sampled and conducted semi-structured interviews with 30 research participants at the PHC research field who consented. The researcher employed a computer spreadsheet to capture, code, analyse and interpret data from the research interviews. The researcher applied a collective social scientists’ approaches from Babbie (et al.), Corbin and Strauss, Flick (et al.), Neuman, Osmer, and Ritchie (et al.). The researcher followed the Limpopo Provincial Department of Health’s (LPDoH) approval letter, applied the ethical principles as prescribed by the University of Pretoria’s Research Ethical Committee (REC) in tandem with the World Medical Association Declaration (WMA) of Helsinki (2013), and the PHC protocol from the DoH and Social Development (SD)/ abbreviation DoHSD, during the entire course of this project. The findings of this research show that there is a need for the establishment of chaplaincy in South African Government Hospitals, and that the DoH need to review its health policy and the medical model with a view to embrace a professional chaplaincy, as experts to respond and address the patients’ religious and spiritual dimensions of being in the clinical health care settings, as member of a multi-disciplinary health care team. The findings provide recommendations towards addressing the patients’ religious and spiritual needs to ensure that the SAGH provides the holistic-patient-centred needs. / Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2020. / Practical Theology / PhD / Unrestricted

Nigerian women, especially those from the North-East sub-region continue to suffer preventable maternal mortality. Recent statistics places Nigeria as the highest contributor of maternal deaths globally. These avoidable deaths disproportionately affect women from the North-East due to socio-economic inequalities that are discriminatory. More so, the low socio-economic status of women in the region has been further worsened by humanitarian crisis with attendant increase in the incidence of maternal mortality. Maternal mortality has been framed a human rights issue that can be mitigated through a human rights-based approach. Thus this research engages with a multi-disciplinary approach in uncovering the factors that contribute to the worrisome statistics of maternal deaths in the North-East and investigates through a human rights-based perspective the need for a holistic approach to ending preventable maternal deaths in the sub-region. Findings reveal many interrelated socio-economic factors intersect to inflame the continued tragedy of maternal mortality in the region. For the North-East to break the negative cycle of maternal mortality, a holistic approach is imperative considering the complexities of the predispositions to maternal mortality, the socio-economic reality of the region and the inadequacies of legal framework. / Mini Dissertation (LLM)--University of Pretoria, 2019. / Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria. / Centre for Human Rights / LLM / Unrestricted

Magister Educationis - MEd / In this mini-thesis I focus primarily on collaborative writing in the study of prescribed prose texts as a medium of academic development of primary school student teachers. The problem with the present approach to the teaching of prose texts, and the introduction of the prosess approach to writing as a possible solution to the problem, is briefly discussed. In Chapter 2 the deficiencies of the current approach to the teaching of prose texts are discussed in detail. To place the above in the proper perspective a critical analysis is made of the existing Teachers Diploma syllabus for Afrikaans prose setworks, with special reference to the interpretation of the syllabus, and the organisation and presentation of the teaching programme for prose texts at a specific teachers' college of education. The main shortcomings which are referred to in the study are, inter alia: the organisation of the prose setwork teaching programme, compartmentalisation of language components, limited teaching time, the implication of the single, vague teaching goal for prose "texts, lecturer-centredness, and student's inability to work independently. In Chapter 3 the possible influence of the present approach to writing on the teaching of prose texts is discussed with special reference to methods of collaboration in learning. It is argued that the application of groupwork in a learnercentered approach to the teaching of prose texts can contribute to the elimination of many of the above problems, and that it can result in a rejuvenation in the class context, which may lead to students experiencing literature study as an enjoyable learning activity. The holistic nature of the process approach to writing is also included, since it leads to the integration of different language components, and saves time. The process approach to writing provides the required instruments for independent study. It is argued that the process approach to writing helps students to take co-responsibility for their own learning, and offers them the opportunity to contribute towards their own academic development. Based on the advantages indicated above, I designed a draft curriculum in Chapter 4. Action research was :done and the process approach to writing was implemented in the reality of the classroom situation on a small scale. With the lecturer who acted as facilitator to guide them to a specific goal, twenty-two first year students studied a prose setwork text, Jerigo-krisis by André Jansen. A single aspect in the process approach to writing was emphasised in particular, viz., collaborative learning in literature study. During the implementation of the plan an observer monitored the reaction of the target group, and gave her comments after each lesson. Students were also asked to evaluate the course in their personal journals, and to discuss the course during their journal conferences. The biggest shortcoming of the provisional plan, which students mentioned, and which I also noticed was the lack of time. The students wanted to spend more time on certain conferences, particularly content and evaluation conferences. The revised plan in Chapter 5 is the result and amendment of the draft curriculum.

Individualist and collectivist cultural approaches describe the relationship between an individual and his or her social surroundings. the current study had a two-fold purpose. the first was to investigate whether Brazilians, like other collective peoples, displayed more group self-representations, categorized items more relationally and paid more attention to context than Americans. the second purpose of this study was to investigate if counter-cultural primes played a role in activating either collective or individual selves. Both American (n = 100) and Brazilian (n = 101) participants were assigned either to a no-prime condition or a counter-cultural prime condition and then were asked to rate emotion cartoons, categorize items, complete the Twenty Statement Test (TST), and choose a representative object. As expected, unprimed Brazilian participants displayed more collectivist patterns on emotional (F[1,196] = 10.1, p = .001, ?²= .049; F[1,196] = 7.9, p = .006, ?²= .038; F[1,196] = 9.0, p = .005, ?²= .044) and cognitive (F[1, 196] = 6.0, p < .01, ?² = .03) tasks than Americans. However, Brazilians offered more individualist self-representations (F[1, 195] = 24.0, p < .001, ?² = .11) than American participants. Priming only had a marginal effect on item categorization (F[1,194] = 3.9, p = .051, ?² = .02). Understanding such cultural differences is necessary in the development of clinicians’ multicultural competence. Therefore, these findings, along with the strengths and limitations of this study and suggestions for future research, are discussed.

Discusses the published work of Rudolf Dreikurs namely, books, articles, audiotapes, and videotapes, however specifically focusing on his book `Holistic Medicine.' What were the views of the contribution made by Dreikurs through his work.

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