Caring with women married to Dutch Reformed clergymen: narratives of pain, survival and hope
| Autor: | Swart, Chené |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2003 |
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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 Participatory narrative pastoral approach Collective responsibility 253.220968 Spouses of clergy South Africa Narrative therapy Clergy Family relationships Clergy couples Religious life Pastoral counseling of Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk |
| Druh dokumentu: | Dissertation |
| Popis: | 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) |
| Databáze: | Networked Digital Library of Theses & Dissertations |
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