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Ce Doctorat en Théologie Pratique (DThP) est du type « modèle d'intervention ». Il se présente sous la forme d’un « dossier ordonné », c’est-à-dire un ensemble de parties reliées par l'intention qui détermine l'ensemble du geste et nécessaires au développement du projet, mais ayant également leur finalité propre et partant une forme d'autonomie. Ce travail est situé, dans le sens où il est centré sur la situation des accompagnants spirituels du canton de Vaud en Suisse. Le but de cette démarche est triple. Premièrement expliquer que l’accompagnement spirituel tel qu’il est pratiqué au Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV) obéit à un paradigme déterminé. Deuxièmement montrer qu’une intégration effective des accompagnants spirituels dans les équipes de soins nécessite un nouveau paradigme et troisièmement expérimenter le fait que l’utilisation d’un modèle d’évaluation de la détresse spirituelle peut à la fois donner du poids à l’expérience spirituelle en temps de maladie vécue au cours de l’hospitalisation et impacter la prise en charge globale du patient par des changements dans le plan de soins. Cette vision doit naturellement être relue et critiquée théologiquement. C’est pourquoi une partie importante du développement de la thèse est consacrée à la méthode en Théologie Pratique et à la définition d’une posture pour le théologien intégré dans une institution laïque de santé. Enfin, le thème théologique de la Kénose est mobilisé et utilisé non seulement pour une critique de l’activité des accompagnants spirituels déterminée par ce nouveau paradigme, mais également pour une mise en perspective de leurs responsabilités. / This Doctorate in Practical Theology (DPT) is practice-based, and presented in the form of an "organized portfolio", in other words a series of sections linked by an underlying intention that determines the whole. Each section is necessary to the development of the project, but has its own goals and is to a degree autonomous. The work is also specific to a particular location, since it focuses on the situation of spiritual support workers in the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland. The project has a three-fold goal. First, to explain how the spiritual support provided at the university hospital centre for the Canton of Vaud (Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, or CHUV) is based on a determined paradigm; second, to demonstrate how the integration of spiritual support workers in care teams requires a new paradigm; and third, to show how the use of a model to assess spiritual distress can both add meaning to the spiritual experience during hospitalization for an illness, and also have an impact on the patient's overall treatment through changes to the care plan. This approach must naturally be reviewed and critiqued from a theological point of view. For this reason, a large portion of the thesis is devoted to the practical theological method applied, and to the definition of an appropriate stance for theologians working for a secular healthcare institution. Last, the theological theme of kenosis is explored not only to critique the activities of spiritual support workers as determined by the new paradigm, but also to view their responsibilities within a broader perspective.

In 1655 and again in 1686-1689, the Waldensians of Piedmont were massacred by the Duke of Savoy after he issued edicts forbidding the practice of their religion. The Waldensians were later followers of the medieval religious movement of the Poor of Lyons, declared heretical in 1215. The Waldensians associated with the Reformation in 1532, and thus formed a link with diverse groups of Protestants across Europe. In the periods immediately surrounding both massacres, an outpouring of publications dedicated to their plight, their history, and their religious identity appeared, a large number of which emerged in London. On both occasions, the propaganda gave rise to international sympathy and encouraged international intervention, eventually provoking the Duke to rescind the edicts that had instigated the massacres. While most contemporary scholars consider the Waldensians to have been fully absorbed into Protestantism after 1532, it is clear from the writings of both the Waldensians and their sympathizers that they considered themselves a separate entity: the inheritors of a long tradition of dissent from the Catholic Church based on their own belief in the purity of the Gospel. The Waldensian identity was based on a history of exclusion and persecution, and also on a belief that they had transmitted the true embodiment of Christianity through the centuries. The documents that were published surrounding the massacres address the legitimacy of the Waldensian identity based on centuries of practice. English and continental Protestants identified with the Waldensians, who provided ancient ties and legitimacy to their ‘new’ religion, and the Waldensians adopted that identity proudly, all the while claiming continuity. Protestants also used the Waldensians in propagandist documents, most often to justify political or religious actions and ideologies. The continuity of Waldensianism through the Reformation became crucially important for the wider umbrella of Protestantism as a legitimizing factor for the movement. This thesis investigates the claims of continuity and finds that while the Waldensians underwent a dramatic change in religious doctrine to conform to the Reformation, their belief in the continuity of their religious identity can be validated by examining religion from a socio-cultural perspective that takes aspects other than theology into consideration.

In 1655 and again in 1686-1689, the Waldensians of Piedmont were massacred by the Duke of Savoy after he issued edicts forbidding the practice of their religion. The Waldensians were later followers of the medieval religious movement of the Poor of Lyons, declared heretical in 1215. The Waldensians associated with the Reformation in 1532, and thus formed a link with diverse groups of Protestants across Europe. In the periods immediately surrounding both massacres, an outpouring of publications dedicated to their plight, their history, and their religious identity appeared, a large number of which emerged in London. On both occasions, the propaganda gave rise to international sympathy and encouraged international intervention, eventually provoking the Duke to rescind the edicts that had instigated the massacres. While most contemporary scholars consider the Waldensians to have been fully absorbed into Protestantism after 1532, it is clear from the writings of both the Waldensians and their sympathizers that they considered themselves a separate entity: the inheritors of a long tradition of dissent from the Catholic Church based on their own belief in the purity of the Gospel. The Waldensian identity was based on a history of exclusion and persecution, and also on a belief that they had transmitted the true embodiment of Christianity through the centuries. The documents that were published surrounding the massacres address the legitimacy of the Waldensian identity based on centuries of practice. English and continental Protestants identified with the Waldensians, who provided ancient ties and legitimacy to their ‘new’ religion, and the Waldensians adopted that identity proudly, all the while claiming continuity. Protestants also used the Waldensians in propagandist documents, most often to justify political or religious actions and ideologies. The continuity of Waldensianism through the Reformation became crucially important for the wider umbrella of Protestantism as a legitimizing factor for the movement. This thesis investigates the claims of continuity and finds that while the Waldensians underwent a dramatic change in religious doctrine to conform to the Reformation, their belief in the continuity of their religious identity can be validated by examining religion from a socio-cultural perspective that takes aspects other than theology into consideration.

In 1655 and again in 1686-1689, the Waldensians of Piedmont were massacred by the Duke of Savoy after he issued edicts forbidding the practice of their religion. The Waldensians were later followers of the medieval religious movement of the Poor of Lyons, declared heretical in 1215. The Waldensians associated with the Reformation in 1532, and thus formed a link with diverse groups of Protestants across Europe. In the periods immediately surrounding both massacres, an outpouring of publications dedicated to their plight, their history, and their religious identity appeared, a large number of which emerged in London. On both occasions, the propaganda gave rise to international sympathy and encouraged international intervention, eventually provoking the Duke to rescind the edicts that had instigated the massacres. While most contemporary scholars consider the Waldensians to have been fully absorbed into Protestantism after 1532, it is clear from the writings of both the Waldensians and their sympathizers that they considered themselves a separate entity: the inheritors of a long tradition of dissent from the Catholic Church based on their own belief in the purity of the Gospel. The Waldensian identity was based on a history of exclusion and persecution, and also on a belief that they had transmitted the true embodiment of Christianity through the centuries. The documents that were published surrounding the massacres address the legitimacy of the Waldensian identity based on centuries of practice. English and continental Protestants identified with the Waldensians, who provided ancient ties and legitimacy to their ‘new’ religion, and the Waldensians adopted that identity proudly, all the while claiming continuity. Protestants also used the Waldensians in propagandist documents, most often to justify political or religious actions and ideologies. The continuity of Waldensianism through the Reformation became crucially important for the wider umbrella of Protestantism as a legitimizing factor for the movement. This thesis investigates the claims of continuity and finds that while the Waldensians underwent a dramatic change in religious doctrine to conform to the Reformation, their belief in the continuity of their religious identity can be validated by examining religion from a socio-cultural perspective that takes aspects other than theology into consideration.