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Shahbaz, Amy Renee. "Spiritual experience: The relationship with the grief process". CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2002. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2118.
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There were four major purposes of this study: (1) to evaluate the level of grief experience by bereaved individuals who attend either a grief support group or grief psycho-educational group in the Inland Empire, (2) to evaluate the level of spirtuality experienced by bereaved individuals who attend either a grief support or grief psycho-educational group in the Inland Empire, (3) to correlate the level of grief reactions with the level of spiritual experience within bereaved individuals, and (4) to describe demongraphic and grief/spiritual-related factors that may influence a bereaved individual's spiritual experience and grief process.
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Springer, Michelle J. "Religious and eating disorder beliefs and behaviors". Virtual Press, 1997. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1041888.
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This study utilized both qualitative and quantitative procedures to examine the relationship between religiosity and eating disorders among a sample of nineteen eating disordered individuals who sought treatment at one of two college counseling centers, or at a hospital unit which specializes in treating eating disorders. Following theoretical works that point to asceticism as the link between religion and eating disorders, it was hypothesized that subject scores on the Shepherd Scale, a measure of religiosity from a Christian perspective, would positively correlate with scores on the Eating Disorder Inventory, a measure of eating disorder symptomatology, which includes a subscale that assesses asceticism. Analysis of subject scores shows no statistically significant correlation between religiosity and asceticism, though statistically significant negative correlations were found between religiosity and other Eating Disorder Inventory subscales. A marked difference in asceticism scores was found between subjects treated at the college counseling centers and those treated at the hospital unit.Department of Counseling Psychology and Guidance Services
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Cook, Brendan. "Pursuing eudaimonia : re-approaching the Greek philosophical foundations of the Christian apophatic tradition". Thesis, University of Liverpool, 2012. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.722138.
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Straka, Silvia M. "Religious power, fundamentalist women and social work practice". Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp03/MQ37293.pdf.
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Arnette, Jeffrey S. "Christian maturity, epistemic style, and marital satisfaction". Virtual Press, 1996. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1073731.
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This study was designed to investigate two hypotheses. The first was to determine if either an individual's epistemic style or Christian maturity were capable of predicting marital satisfaction among couples where at least one spouse was a church attender. The second was to determine if a matching score between spouses on epistemic style and Christian maturity would be able to predict marital satisfaction among couples where at least one spouse was a church attender. The Global Distress Scale (GDS) of the Marital Satisfaction Inventory was used as the dependent variable. The Psycho-Epistemological Profile (PEP) was used to measure epistemic style while the Shepherd Scale was used to measure Christian maturity.Fifty-two couples where at least one spouse was a church attender ultimately participated in the study. These couples were obtained by randomly contacting churches and soliciting the assistance of church representatives to help elicit participation. Ultimately seven of the churches contacted in this manner participated in the study.The results indicate that only the metaphorical epistemic style was a moderate predictor of marital satisfaction accounting for approximately 4% of the variance. Neither the matching score on epistemic style nor on Christian maturity were able to predict marital satisfaction.Department of Counseling Psychology and Guidance Services
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Frank, Barbara 1951. "Respect for the autonomy of the elderly : an Orthodox perspective of theosis". Thesis, McGill University, 1997. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=28050.
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This thesis will investigate the significance of the Eastern Orthodox perspective of theosis, for the bioethical principle of autonomy, specifically with regard to its respect for the elderly. Theosis is a central doctrine of the Orthodox Church which pertains to the salvation of human persons and their free and cooperative response to God's grace, and as such, has an intimate relationship with the Eastern Orthodox understanding of personhood.On the one hand there are a number of areas of mutual concern or overlap between the concept of respect for autonomy and the Orthodox understanding of personhood and the goal of theosis. There are, however, significant differences which prevent them from being viewed as synonymous or even as totally compatible.
There are complementary aspects, some of which will be identified in this initial study. It is hoped that such an investigation can help to further develop Eastern Orthodox thinking with regard to bioethical issues and be of value when dealing with the complex issues related to the elderly. This topic will also be of interest to a wider audience involved in bioethical reflection from both Christian and secular perspectives.
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Aboagye, Lauren Lee. "Strengths that contribute towards resilience in the early years of marriage". Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/1667.
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Divorce is a common phenomenon in South Africa, affecting many families across the country. On the other hand, there are many couples who choose to remain married, despite having endured significant stress. In a review of literature there have been studies conducted exploring enduring marriages (marriages that have lasted twenty years or more), but little on resilience in the early years of marriage. With many couples choosing to divorce within the first ten years of marriage, there is value in exploring the strengths of young marriages that contribute towards resilience. The following question then arises: what are the stressors that couples experience during the early years of marriage (under ten years) and how does the way they cope with these challenges enhance resilience in their marriages? This question has resulted in this qualitative study, employing an exploratory descriptive and contextual research design with the aim of exploring the strengths that contribute towards resilience in the early years of marriage. The study is based within the framework of positive psychology, as this facilitates the exploration of the factors that have contributed towards the resilience of the couples that were interviewed. A non-probability, purposive sampling technique was employed to obtain research participants. Data was collected through the use of individual semistructured interviews conducted with five couples (ten individuals) who have been married for ten years or less, have endured significant stress, have chosen to remain married, and experience their relationship as satisfying. The interviews were recorded, transcribed and analysed using thematic content analysis. The results of the study may be used to develop a strengths based-intervention programme for couples in the early years of marriage.
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Joubert, Jeremia. "The impact of the Seventh-Day Adventist church's religious thinking on the interplay between personality type and spiritual maturity". Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/51983.
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Thesis (DTh)--Stellenbosch University, 2000ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This research seeks to establish whether the members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in South Africa have a characteristic personality type and temperament that relates to their style of spirituality. Style of spirituality here refers to all spiritual behaviour in a broad sense - how they pray, worship, use the Bible, care about others, relate to social needs, care about the environment, administer and organize their church activities, etc. This study does not deal with what they believe, but rather focuses on how they believe. This research further seeks to establish what impact participant's God-image has upon their level of spiritual maturity, if any at all. To what extent does one's personality and temperament influence spiritual maturity and God-image? What instruments were used? I used the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator to measure personality and temperament, the Personal Orientation Inventory of Everett Shostrom to measure levels of self-actualization and psychological maturity, the Faith Maturity Scale of Benson, Donahue, and Erickson, to measure faith maturity, and the Christian Preference Profile scale, which I developed to measure preferences of Christian religiosity, which also gave an indication of God-image. How was the study conducted? I visited approximately 22 SDA churches in the Western Cape and distributed the inventories to willing participants myself. I explained the purpose of the research and how to complete the inventories. Participants were requested to complete it at home and return it the next week. I made use of two supervised students who helped to mark the answer sheets and capture the data. What were the findings? The personality type of the SDA laity was more introverted, compared to a similar study indicating that SDA clergy were more extraverted. The most significant finding was that the dominant temperament was sensing/judging (SJ=70%), slightly higher than that for the clergy. The self-actualizing levels were relatively low - the two main measures, time competency and locus of control measured both in the non-actualizing range, as well as three of the ten sub-scales, relating to a rigid implementation of values, a pessimistic view of humanity, and a lack of acceptance of synergy between opposite characteristics. The faith maturity levels were slightly above the average, and were low on three of the eight measures, relating to integration of faith and life, social concerns, and involvement in social and environmental issues. The religious preference scale indicated a dominant relational style, followed by a dependent, personal, evangelical style, and a bureaucratic organizational style of religious preference. Some of the main characteristics of the SDA profile were a resistance to change, preservation of the status quo, stable, able administrators, favour a hierarchical, bureaucratic structure, substance-oriented rather than relationship-oriented, preserving their identity is a high priority, and is evidenced in preserving the purity of their beliefs, affectionately referred to as the "truth."
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie navorsing het ten doel om vas te stel of die lidmate van die Sewendedag- Adventistekerk in Suid-Afrika 'n kenmerkende persoonlikheidstipe en temperament het wat ooreenkom met hulle styl van spiritualiteit. Die styl van spiritualiteit verwys hier na aile spirituele gedrag in die bree sin - hoe hulle bid, aanbid, die Bybel gebruik, omgee vir andere, verhouding tot sosiale behoeftes, besorgdheid oor die omgewing, adrninistrasie en organisasie van kerklike aktiwiteite, ens. Hierdie studie het nie te make met wat hulle glo nie, maar eerder met hoe hulle glo. Hierdie navorsing poog verder om vas te stel watter impak deelnemers se Godsbeeld op hulle vlak van geestelike volwassenheid het, indien enige. Tot watter mate beinvloed 'n persoon se persoonlikheid en temperament sy/haar geestelike volwassenheid en Godsbeeld? Watter instrumente is gebruik? Ek het die Myers-Briggs Type Indicator gebruik om persoonlikheid en temperament te meet, die Personal Orientation Inventory van Everett Shostrom, om die vlakke van selfverwesenliking en psigologiese volwassenheid te meet, die Faith Maturity Scale van Benson, Donahue en Erickson, om geloofsvolwassenheid te meet en die Christian Preference Profile scale, wat ek self ontwikkel het om voorkeure van Christelike religieuse gedrag te meet en wat ook 'n aanduiding van Godsbeeld gegee het. Hoe is die studie aangepak? Ek het ongeveer 22 SDA gemeentes in die Weskaap besoek en het die vraelyste self uitgehandig aan gewillige deelnemers. Ek het die doel van die navorsing en hoe om die vraelyste in te vul verduidelik. Deelnemers is versoek om die vraelyste tuis in te vul en die volgende week terug te bring Ek het gebruik gemaak van twee studente wat onder my toesig die vraelyste help merk en die data op rekenaar geplaas het. Wat was die bevindinge? Die persoonlikheidstipe van die SDA leke was meer introverties as 'n vroeer vergelykende studie met SDA predikante wat aangedui het dat hulle meer ekstroverties was. Die beduidendste bevinding was dat die dorninante temperament "sensing/judging" (SJ=70%) was, effens hcer as die van die predikante. Die selfverwesenlikheidsvlakke was relatieflaag - die twee hoofskale, tydvaardigheid en lokus van kontrole, het beide in die nie-selfverwesenlikheidsgebied gemeet, asook drie van die tien subskale, naamlik rigiditeit ten opsigte van die toepassing van waardes, 'n pessimistiese mensesiening en 'n gebrek aan aanvaarding van sinergie tussen teenoorgestelde eienskappe. Die geloofsvolwassenheidsvlakke was effens bo die gemiddelde en was laag op drie van die agt skale, naamlik integrasie van geloof en lewe, sosiale aangeleenthede en betrokkenheid by sosiale en orngewingsake. Die godsdienstige voorkeurskaal het 'n dominante verhoudingstyl aangedui, gevolg deur 'n afhanklike, persoonlike, evangeliese styl en daarna 'n burokratiese organisasiestyl van religieuse voorkeur. Sommige van die hoofkenmerke van die SDA profiel was 'n weerstand tot verandering, behoud van die status quo, stabiele en vaardige adrninistrateurs, voorkeur vir 'n hierargiese, burokratiese struktuur, substansgeorienteerd eerder as verhoudingsgeorienteerd, behoud van eie identiteit as hoe prioriteit wat veral sigbaar is in die bewaring van die suiwerheid van hulle geloofsleer, alombekend as die "waarheid" binne Adventistekringe.
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Parente, Natasha Torlay. "A influência do coping religioso-espiritual na qualidade de vida de pais e mães, após a perda de um(a) filho(a) por causas externas". Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, 2017. https://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/20611.
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This study sought to verify the influence of spiritual/religious coping (SRC) on the quality of life of a father and/or mother who has lost a child by external causes. It is a cross-sectional, quantitative and qualitative study. Participants were invited to collaborate voluntarily and after agreeing, they answered the questionnaires Spiritual Religious Coping Scale Brief (SRCOPE brief Scale), WHOQOL Spirituality Religiousness and Personal Beliefs, and the Duke Religious Index, DUREL. The population was composed by forty participants, constituted equally by twenty mothers and twenty fathers, who lost the child by external causes, with more than three months of time of the loss. The cause of death by homicide, represents 67.5%, traffic accident composes 15%, tragedy of Kiss Nightclub constitutes 12.5%, suicide evidences 2.45%, as well as and 2.45% for lost bullet. Fathers and mothers present high frequency of IR, as well as RO and RNO. Fathers and mothers aged 29 to 44 years have a higher religiosity than those aged over 44 years. Fathers manifest a higher Positive SRC (PSRC) Offer of Help (p = 0.0001), Positive attitude towards God (p = 0.0005) and lower Negative SRC (NSRC) (p = 0.007) than mothers. No correlation was found between quality of life, religious frequency and SRC. The qualitative results revealed that mothers have greater difficulty in dealing with loss, according to Stroebe and Shut (1999; 2001), Rando (1997), Schatz (1997); There was a marked presence of illusions related to the departed child, considered expressions of continuous bonds. The positive SRC (PSRC) was highlighted in the narrative of fathers and mothers, used as a resource to serve others, through volunteering and/or building prosocial institutions, to be beneficial for well-being as well as in the construction of meaning and in the search for purpose in life
Este estudo buscou verificar a influência do coping religioso-espiritual (CRE) na qualidade de vida de um pai e/ou de uma mãe que perderam um filho por causas externas. Trata-se de um estudo transversal, quantitativo e qualitativo. Os participantes deste estudo foram convidados a colaborar voluntariamente e, após concordarem, responderam aos questionários: Escala de Coping Religioso-Espiritual Abreviada (Escala CRE-abreviada), WHOQOL Spirituality Religiousness and Personal Beliefs e a Escala de Religiosidade de Duke (DUREL). A população foi composta por 40 participantes, constituída igualitariamente por vinte mães e vinte pais, que perderam o filho por causas externas, com mais de três meses de tempo da perda. A morte por homicídio representa 67,5%, por acidente de trânsito compõe 15%, na tragédia da Boate Kiss constitui 12,5%, por suicídio evidencia 2,45% e, por bala perdida, 2,45%. Pais e mães, apresentam alta frequência de RI, assim como de RO e RNO. Pais e mães de 29 a 44 anos têm maior religiosidade do que aqueles com idade superior a 44 anos. Os pais evidenciaram maior CRE Positivo (CREP) de Oferta de Ajuda (p=0,0001), Posição Positiva Frente a Deus (p=0,0005) e menor CRE Negativo (CREN) (p=0,007) do que as mães. Não foi encontrada correlação entre qualidade de vida, religiosidade e CRE. Os resultados qualitativos revelaram que mães tem maior dificuldade em lidar com a perda, conforme apontam Stroebe e Shut (1999; 2001), Rando (1997), Schatz (1997); houve uma acentuada presença de ilusões relacionadas à criança que partiu, consideradas expressões de vínculos contínuos. O CRE Positivo (CREP) se destacou nos relatos de pais e mães, utilizado como recurso para servir ao outro por meio de voluntariado e/ou na formação de instituições pró-sociais, evidenciando benefícios para o bem-estar, assim como na construção de significado e busca de sentido da vida
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Washington, Vanessa Marie. "Destigmatisation within the HIV/AIDS pandemic : wowards a pastoral anthropology of embodiment". Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/4103.
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Thesis (MTh (Practical Theology and Missiology))--University of Stellenbosch, 2010.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The focus of the thesis is on the HIV and AIDS-related stigma and stigmatisation of people who try to live positively with HIV/AIDS within the pandemic. The basic assumption is that there is interplay between the HIVAIDS-related stigma as a cultural phenomenon and the negative perception of the human body. Since a human being is created corporeal and re-created due to the fact that human embodiment is a fundamental ingredient for the understanding of soul, It is argued that in a pastoral approach, a person should be understood holistically. Anthropology within the traditional kerygmatic approach focused mainly on the notion of sin (corruption totalis) within the theological understanding of God’s judgement (judgemental attitude). I have proposed that pastoral anthropology should adopt constructive paradigms and point towards the integration of embodiment (wholeness) in a realistic approach rather than emphasising the notion of sin and forms of dualism. The thesis departs from an eschatological and pneumatological view of the human being, in which the concepts of resurrection and hope are equally crucial. I further argue that a Christian spiritual perspective on embodiment is potentially destigmatising itself. In terms of a pastoral hermeneutic I have shown that in destigmatisation the transformation of the HIV and AIDS-related stigma corresponds to the transformation of the mindset and paradigm of a person (habitus). Through the process of destigmatisation people discover meaning and are enabled to live fully embodied and responsible lives. The thesis is designed as a literature study based on text analysis and hermeneutical reflection. Moreover, in order to develop a pastoral anthropological view, the Scripture is used as a reference point.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die navorsing fokus op die fenomeen van stigmatisiering binne die HIV/AIDS pandemie. Die kernargument is dat stigmatisering as 'n sosiaal-kulturele konstrukt binne die netwerk van verhoudinge direk in verband staan met 'n bepaalde destruktiewe persepsie wat die vraagstuk van liggaamlikheid onmiddellik raak. Vandaar die verdere fokus op die verband tussen liggaamlikheid en die verstaan van die menslike siel binne die raamwerk van 'n pastorale antropologie. Die teologiese invalshoek is die eskatologiese paradigma, die mens as 'n pneumatiese wese en nuwe skepping. Liggaamlikheid deel gelykoorspronklik aan hierdie nuwe wees-funksie van die mens sodat verstaan van die mens as „beliggaamde siel“ en „besielde liggaam“ alle vorme van dualisme in teologiese antropologie teëwerk. Die totale mens is as ‘n beliggaamde mens geskep sodat in pastorale antropologie die menslike persoon holisties verstaan moet word. Om menswees bloot vanuit die perspektief van sonde te benader hou nie rekening met die realisme van die Bybel wat die mens binne die raamwerk van die wysheidsliteratuur sien vanuit die perspektief van genade en vernuwing. Eensydige fokus op die paradigma van sonde dra by tot destruktiewe veroordelende houding (judgemental attitude). Volgens die aard van kruisteologie is die „smet“ en „stigma“ van sonde daar oorwin. In die lig van die opstandingsperspektief is die „dood van stigma“ totaal uitgewis. Hierdie opstandingperspektief moet verreken word in teologiese model wat gerig is op prosesse van destigmatisering binne pastorale hermeneutiek. Die implikasie hiervan is die transformasie van stigmatisernde paradigmas en die skep van pastorale houding (habitus) van begrip en medelye. Deur ‘n dergelike proses van destigmatisasie word mense in die kern van hul weesfunksie kwalitatief bemagtig ten einde vervulde lewens te kan ly. Die tesis volg kwalitatiewe benadering. Dit is voorts literêre studie gebaseer op teks-analises, kritiese reflektering en hermeneutiese metodologie.
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De, Villiers Desiree. "A hermeneutic of learned helplessness : the Bible as problem in pastoral care". Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/3468.
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Thesis (MPhil (Old and New Testament))--University of Stellenbosch, 2005.This paper attempts an exploration and description of a hermeneutic of learned helplessness. Drawing on insights from both psychology and theology, it problematises the interaction that an individual believer can develop with the Bible and living a life of faith. Attempts to account for this situation involve biblical interpretation, the church and the pastoral care context. The body of the paper consists of four chapters, describing the four pillars supporting a hermeneutic of learned helplessness. The first chapter highlights certain of the difficulties that develop when the authority of the Bible is abused. The second chapter looks at the vocation of the pastor, and notes how lack of accountability and limited self-awareness can result in inadequate and harmful biblical interpretation. The third chapter highlights the negative effects of the neglect of emotion on individual faith and interaction with the biblical text, referring specifically to women. Finally, the fourth chapter identifies the tendency to regard morality as expressed primarily through behaviour, and to use the Bible as a book of rules. The combination of these four factors generates an environment in which a hermeneutic of learned helplessness can quickly develop in a Christian believer. This paper is an attempt to more clearly define my observations following work in the context of pastoral care and counselling. It is hoped that by clarifying the nature of the problem, this will prove to be the first step toward finding possible solutions.
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Silva, Vania Maria Ferreira. "Morte: a crise ante a morte e a reconfiguração da identidade religiosa do adulto na sociedade contemporânea". Universidade Católica de Pernambuco, 2009. http://tede2.unicap.br:8080/handle/tede/908.
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The present report has the objective to identify thoughts and feelings of people toward death, searching to understand how this crisis interferes in the adult religious identity. The essay aims to identify how crisis facing death interferes in the religious identity reconfiguration of researched adults, as well as, to find out if among those feelings there is a fear related to death and the after death situation. This research uses a qualitative approach of data, once, one does not intend to generalize results. It is used the phenomenological method from this perspective, to identify the meaning of feelings undergone by adults due to death crisis. We collect data from semi-structured interviews with two main questions for the proposed objectives. The sample is of twelve persons from 54 to 90 years old, that say to be Catholic Spirit, Evangelic, no defined Religion and some self-defined with new religious denominations, created at the moment of the interview. The qualitative analysis of experiences and representations is carried out with the data seeking to delimitate the interview content phenomenological description in meaning units, to confront them with based upon theories. The results of the analysis show that adults go through crisis situation when facing death, they tend to question their religious values, developing attitudes that are reflected in their religious identity reconfiguration: some of them withdrawing themselves or completely breaking the affective ties that link them to their religious institutions, others, differently, get closer and intensify ones relations with those institutions or religious groups. And others at home have a holy place, going from the inherited faith to an inner faith, that it is reflected in daily life, so, one can conclude that, an existential crisis happens, when facing death.
A presente dissertação tem como objetivo geral identificar pensamentos e sentimentos das pessoas ante a morte, buscando compreender como esta crise interfere na identidade religiosa do adulto. O trabalho visa identificar como a crise ante a morte interfere na reconfiguração da identidade religiosa dos adultos pesquisados bem como averiguar se dentre os sentimentos elencados surgem medos relacionados à morte e a situação pós-morte. Esta pesquisa usa a abordagem qualitativa dos dados, sobretudo por não se pretender generalizar resultados. A partir desta perspectiva, utiliza-se o método fenomenológico, com o propósito de identificar os significados dos sentimentos vividos pelos adultos, diante da crise ante a morte. Para alcançar os objetivos propostos, o instrumento da coleta de dados é a entrevista semi-estruturada, baseando-se em duas perguntas norteadoras. A amostra consta de doze sujeitos com idade entre cinqüenta e quatro e noventa anos que se declaram pertencendo à religião católica, espírita, evangélica, sem religião definida e alguns que se auto-atribuíram denominações religiosas novas, criadas no momento da própria entrevista. Com os dados em mãos, faz-se a análise qualitativa das vivências e representações, buscando delimitar e descrever fenomenologicamente o conteúdo das entrevistas em unidades de significados, confrontando-as com as teorias embasadoras. Os resultados das análises demonstram que os adultos que vivenciam uma situação de crise ante a morte, tendem a questionar os seus valores religiosos, desenvolvendo algumas atitudes que se refletem em um movimento de reconfiguração de suas identidades religiosas: uns retraindo-se, distanciando-se ou rompendo completamente com os laços afetivos que os ligam as instituições religiosas de origem, outros, de modo contrário, aproximam-se e intensificam as suas relações com suas instituições ou grupos religiosos. E ainda outros, afastando-se fazem do seu lar, um lugar sagrado e passam de um tipo de fé herdada, para um tipo de fé pessoal, íntima, que se reflete no seu cotidiano, donde se pode concluir que o confronto com a morte, ocasiona uma crise de natureza psicoespiritual.
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Böttcher, Judith Lena. "Vowed to community or ordained to mission? : aspects of separation and integration in the Lutheran Deaconess Institute, Neuendettelsau, Bavaria". Thesis, University of Oxford, 2014. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:75ce64eb-5a38-4d36-84d7-c48071df089c.
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This study offers an overdue exploration of the early years of the deaconess community in Neuendettelsau from a gender perspective. Drawing on rich archival material, it focuses on the process of the formation of a distinctive collective identity. Central to this study is the assumption, drawn from the social sciences, that collective identity is a social construction which requires the participation of the whole group through identification and which is consolidated by developing specific rituals, symbols, codes and normative texts, which facilitate integration, and by constructing external boundaries, which separate from the world and wider church. The centrifugal forces which came into play when deaconesses were sent out in isolation were counterbalanced by a communal life which offered forms of participation and identification for the individual members and which consolidated their sense of belonging. The first chapter introduces the methodology. Chapter Two explores the social, cultural and theological context of the foundation of the Deaconess Institute, and offers a brief outline of the institution's historical development. The third chapter offers an in-depth analysis of the initiation ceremony as a rite which both admitted into the community and conferred an ecclesiastical office. Chapter Four analyses formative and normative texts that shed light on the community's norms, values, and expectations. In the fifth chapter, non-literary means of consolidating and affirming the deaconesses' collective identity are explored. This study concludes that the process of the emergence of a specific deaconess culture was pervaded by bourgeois norms, values, patterns of behaviour and notions about gender roles which measured out the women's radius of action and were at times difficult to reconcile with the deaconess profession.
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Câmara, Sérgio Lucas. "Psicologia e religião: uma análise da produção em psicologia e a orientação aos padres quanto à situação de morte". Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, 2017. https://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/20349.
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Considering the studies on death in the field of psychology, the relationship between psychology and religion and the continuous action of Catholic priests in situations of finitude, this study had the objective of carrying out a systematic and critical review of the production of psychology in Brazil, articulating the themes of death with religion, especially the Catholic Christianity. Researches were performed on the BVS-PSi Platform, integrated to Scielo, from 2011 to 2016, and papers published in Qualis/CAPES A1, A2, B1 and B2 journals were selected, originally written in Portuguese, published in Brazil, having at least one psychologist among the authors. According to the established criteria, only six articles were selected. Of these, none of them explored the religious or spiritual dimension in dealing with death, although the theme had emerged in the researches. The collected material was submitted to analysis, according to three categories: identification characteristics, methodological characteristics and content characteristics. A survey was also made with the documents of the Catholic Church with reference to the formation and guidance to priests, regarding death and dying. The results obtained on psychology production revealed a low number of published articles which link death to religion, and even when it appears in the articles on death/mourning, the theme of religion/spirituality is not explored. Likewise, the articles on religion/spirituality in psychology did not explore the subject of death/mourning. Nevertheless, we have identified significant possibilities of articulation between psychology and religion in the situation of death. With specific reference to Catholicism, the articles produced in psychology are depleted of knowledge about the three moments organized by Catholic Christianity to deal with death and dying. On the other hand, the guidance of the Church to the priests regarding the situation of death is more significant in the organization of rituals, but without references to the advances of production in psychology, which evidences the need for the religious formation to approach the psychological knowledge. In the field of psychology, this research exposes a gap in the studies that articulate death/mourning with religion/spirituality, especially regarding the Catholic Christianity, which counts with the adhesion of a considerable portion of the Brazilian population. Therefore, this research suggests more exploratory studies that appropriate the importance of religion in, at least, two perspectives: expansion of psychological knowledge and clinical practice with mourners. The partnership between religion and psychology can therefore benefit the performance of both psychologists and priests in dealing with the situation of death
Considerando os estudos sobre morte no campo da psicologia, a relação entre psicologia e religião e a frequente atuação dos padres católicos em situações da finitude, este estudo teve por objetivo realizar uma revisão sistemática e crítica da produção da psicologia no Brasil, que articule os temas da morte com a religião, especialmente o cristianismo católico. Foram realizadas buscas na Plataforma BVS- -Psi, integrada à Scielo, no período de 2011 a 2016 e selecionados artigos publicados em periódicos Qualis/CAPES A1, A2, B1 e B2, escritos originalmente em português, publicados no Brasil, tendo pelo menos um psicólogo entre os autores. De acordo com os critérios estabelecidos foram selecionados apenas seis artigos. Desses, nenhum explorou a dimensão religiosa ou espiritual ao tratar da morte, embora o tema tenha emergido nas pesquisas. O material coletado foi submetido à análise, de acordo com três categorias: características de identificação, características metodológicas e características de conteúdo. Realizou-se também um levantamento junto aos documentos da Igreja Católica que se referem à formação e orientação aos padres, com relação à morte e ao morrer. Os resultados obtidos sobre a produção em psicologia revelam um baixo número de artigos publicados que relacionam a morte à religião e ainda, quando aparece nos artigos sobre morte/luto, o tema da religião/espiritualidade não é explorado. Da mesma forma, os artigos sobre religião/espiritualidade em psicologia não exploraram o tema da morte/luto. Entretanto, identificamos significativas possibilidades de articulação entre psicologia e religião em situação de morte. No que se refere especificamente ao catolicismo, os artigos produzidos em psicologia não revelam conhecimento sobre os três momentos organizados pelo cristianismo católico para lidar com a morte e o morrer. Por outro lado, a orientação da Igreja aos padres quanto à situação de morte revela-se mais significativa na organização dos rituais, mas sem referências aos avanços da produção em psicologia, o que evidencia a necessidade de a formação dos religiosos aproximar-se do conhecimento psicológico. No campo da psicologia, esta pesquisa expõe uma lacuna nos estudos que articulam a morte/luto com a religião/espiritualidade, especialmente quanto ao cristianismo católico, que conta com a adesão de uma considerável parcela da população brasileira. Assim, esta pesquisa sugere mais estudos exploratórios que se apropriem da importância da religião em, pelo menos, duas perspectivas: expansão do saber psicológico e atuação clínica com enlutados. A parceria entre religião e psicologia pode, portanto, beneficiar tanto a atuação dos psicólogos quanto dos padres, no atendimento à situação de morte
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Van, Velden Wouter De Wet. "'n Pastorale groeimodel vir die ontwikkeling van spiritualiteit tydens rousmart". Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/55195.
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Thesis (MTh) -- Stellenbosch University, 1996.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Grief pastorate often has the shortcoming where the ministry strategy focuses more on short term involvement than a long term accompaniment. The minister's involvement necessarily focuses on the crisis around the initial shock phase. The duration of the grief process is hardly predictable. The pastor must therefore follow a long term approach. This long term approach must set about in earnest with the interdependence of the grief process on the one hand and on the other hand a growth process. Such an approach can be characterised as a pastoral growth model where Clinebell's growth model is used as the basis. The aim of this pastoral growth model is the development of spirituality. Spirituality is understood as the total human life in communion with God and that includes the following aspects: Identity, intimacy, sinfulness, lordship, mortality, holiness and commitment. Through the holistic character of spirituality the mourner is addressed in totality- in his or her total humanness. This eliminates the danger where the pastorate is guilty, on the one hand of emphasis of the spiritual aspect, on the other hand the human aspect of man. A pastoral growth model for the development of spirituality during grief is a comprehensive, well-grounded pastoral model which could be made use of successfully during grief pastorate.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Rousmartpastoraat het dikwels die tekortkoming dat die bedieningstrategie meer op korttemyn betrokkenheid ingestel is as op 'n langtermyn begeleidingsproses. Die predikant se betrokkenheid fokus hoofsaaklik op die krisis random die aanvanklike skokfase. Die duur van die rouproses is moeilik voorspelbaar. Die pastor moet daarom 'n langtermyn benadering volg. Hierdie langtermyn benadering moet erns maak met die interafhanklikheid van enersyds die rouproses en andersyds 'n groeiproses. So 'n benadering kan tipeer word as 'n pastorale groeimodel waar Clinebell se groeimodel as basis gebruik word. Die doelstelling van hierdie pastorale groeimodel is die ontwikkeling van spiritualiteit. Spiritualiteit word verstaan as die totale menslike lewe in gemeenskap met God en dit sluit die volgende aspekte in: ldentiteit, intimiteit, sondigheid, heerskappy, sterflikheid, heiligheid en verbondenheid. Vanweë die holistiese karakter van spiritualiteit word die treurende in geheel aangespreek- in sy of haar totale menswees. Dit skakel die gevaar uit dat die pastoraat skuldig kan wees aan ‘n beklemtoning van enersyds die geestelike aspek of andersyds die menslike aspek van die mens. 'n Pastorale groeimodel vir die ontwikkeling van spiritualiteit tydens rousmart is 'n omvattende, begronde pastorale model wat met groot vrug gebruik kan word tydens rousmartpastoraat.
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Xapile, Nobis Bridget Zethu. "The faith based organization response to HIV/AIDS : a case study of the JL Zwane Memorial Church in Guguletu, Cape Town". Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/50488.
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Thesis (MPhil)--Stellenbosch University, 2005.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: It is very common to talk about or refer to people as “People Living with HIV/AIDS” but never “A Church with Aids”. Responding to HIV/AIDS has earned the JL Zwane Memorial Church this name or rather this label. Members of the congregation, many of them young, were dying and remaining silent, not doing anything, would have meant contributing to the disaster that had struck. Something drastic had to be done to respond to the pandemic or else the whole community would have perished. This was not easy as it meant risking losing those already in the church. To many people, HIV/AIDS was seen as a punishment from God to those who have sinned. For this reason many did not want to have anything to do with People Living with HIV/AIDS. The whole response is driven by the needs of the community i.e. those infected and those affected. This means listening to people tell their stories and then respond accordingly. Listening is the key in the response as the whole response revolves around people and their experiences.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die kerk, of geloofsgebaseerde organisasies , is dikwels die eerste om te weet dat iemand MIV positief is. Dit is ook die eerste persoon of organisasie wat deur die geïnfekteerde in vertroue geneem word. Die Kerk, as organisasie, kan dus 'n deurslaggewende rol vervul in die voorkoming, maar ook by die versorging van diegene wat MIV positief is of aan Vigsverwante siektes ly. Hierdie studie beskryf, in die vorm van 'n gevallestudie, die rol wat die Presbiteriaanse Kerk in Guguleto in die voorkoming van MIV/Vigs vervul. Die gevallestudie bespreek die probleem; die ontleding van die probleem en die uiteindelike program(me) wat daargestel is. Riglyne vir die betrokkenheid van Kerke (en geloofsgebasserde organisasies) word uitgespel en voorstelle vir verdere studie word gemaak.
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Le, Roux Memry S. (Memry Sharlene). "Geskeide vroue se ervarings en persepsies van hul aanpassing in die post-egskeidingsfase". Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/18219.
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Thesis (M Social Work)--University of Stellenbosch, 2007.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The aim of this study is to gain understanding of the perceptions and experiences of divorced women in the postdivorce phase, with specific reference to rural divorcees. During intervention with divorced women the social worker ought to be informed about the needs of divorcees, as well as be skilled to deal with the trauma of divorce. It is therefore necessary to understand how women experience the post-divorce process. The Systems, Ecological, Strengths and Feminist Perspectives are used as a frame of reference to understand the adaptation of divorced women. First, a study of relevant literature is undertaken which presents a broad review of the process of divorce; divorce as a mourning process, as well as the influence of divorce on the women and children. Attention is also devoted to literature on the adaptation of women in the post-divorce phase. Second a qualitative, phenomenological research subject is chosen to explore the experiences and perceptions of divorced women’s adaptation during the post divorce-phase. Factors which obstruct adaptation, as well as factors which stimulate personal growth, came to light during the empirical research. Four themes unfolded from the research. The first theme relates to tension: tension regarding finances; tension regarding health; tension arising from the overloading of roles and tension resulting from the relationship with the ex-husband, as well as how divorce is experienced int the rural areas. The second theme deals with spirituality: divorce as a spiritual crisis; deepenig spirituality; spirituality in the shaping of identity and facilitating to a large extent the mourning process. In the third theme various sources of support are discussed, while the fourth theme focuses on the positive side of divorce, namely personal growth. The before mentioned themes contain the challenges divorced women experience during the post-divorce phase. Recommendations focus on post-divorce intervention which are aimded to relief stress, strengthen spirituality, to obtain knowledge of supportsystems in the community, and also to stimulate the process of personal growth.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie studie het ten doel om geskeide vroue se persepsies en ervarings van hul aanpassing in die post-egskeidingsfase te verstaan, met spesifieke verwysing na die plattelandse geskeide vrou. Tydens intervensie met geskeide vroue behoort die maatskaplike werker vaardig en goed ingelig te wees ten opsigte van die behoeftes wat geskeides ervaar, daarom is dit noodsaaklik om te verstaan hoe geskeide vrouens die proses ervaar. As praktykraamwerk is die Gesinsisteem-, Ekologiese, Sterkte- en Feministiese Perspektief gebruik om die aanpassing van geskeide vroue te verstaan. Eerstens is ‘n literatuurstudie onderneem wat ‘n breë oorsig oor die proses van egskeiding, egskeiding as rouproses asook die invloed van egskeiding op die vrou en kinders bied. Aandag is ook gegee aan die aanpassing van die vrou in die postegskeidingsfase. Tweedens is ‘n kwalitatiewe, fenomenologiese navorsingsontwerp gekies om die ervarings en persepsies van vyf geskeide vroue uit verskillende plattelandse dorpe se aanpassing in die post-egskeidingsfase te eksploreer. Faktore wat die aanpassing strem, asook faktore wat persoonlike groei stimuleer, het uit die empiriese navorsing na vore gekom. Vier temas het uit hierdie navorsing ontspring. Die eerste tema hou verband met spanning: Finansiële spanning, spanning oor gesondheid, spanning wat ontstaan uit die oorbelading van rolle, spanning oor die verhouding met die gewese man, en die plattelandse ervaring. Die tweede tema handel oor spiritualiteit: egskeiding is ‘n spirituele krisis, dit bring spirituele verdieping, spiritualiteit help met identiteitsvorming en fasiliteer in ‘n groot mate die rouproses. In die derde tema word verskeie ondersteuningsbronne bespreek, terwyl die vierde tema ook die positiewe kant van egskeiding uitlig, naamlik persoonlike groei. Bogenoemde temas vervat die behoeftes wat geskeide vroue tydens die aanpassingsperiode na egskeiding ervaar. Aanbevelings het gefokus op postegskeidingsintervensie wat daarop gemik is om spanning te help verlig, spiritualiteit te versterk, ondersteuningsnetwerke in die omgewing te ken en die proses van persoonlike groei te stimuleer.
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Mellet, Luiz Ernesto. "A retórica do sobrenatural na TV: um estudo da persuasão no neopentecostalismo". Universidade Católica de Pernambuco, 2008. http://www.unicap.br/tede//tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=193.
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Nos últimos tempos, o movimento neopentecostal vem ganhando terreno no campo religioso brasileiro. O seu avanço se deve, entre outros motivos, pelo afrouxamento
de condutas ascetas e o rigor sectário que, até então, estiveram presentes nas comunidades que seguem o cristianismo no país. A Igreja Mundial do Poder de Deus surgiu no final do século passado e vem abarcando para suas hostes um número crescente de fiéis. O uso sistemático da televisão na propagação da sua mensagem, ancorada na cura e resolução dos problemas deste mundo, responde, em parte, pelo sucesso dessa agremiação. O que o seu aparecimento acrescenta ao neopentecostalismo nacional, a influência da persuasão e a eficácia da mídia eletrônica na adesão dos fiéis são reflexões norteantes desta dissertação.In the past few years, the neopentecostal movement has gain space on the brasilian religious field. The progress is based, among any others reasons, in the soft way to accept certain conducts and the sectary strictness that prevail in the others religious communities that follows the christianism in the country. The Igreja Mundial do Poder de Deus was created in the end of the last century and since then has been embracing in its temples a crescent number of followers. The systemic use of television in the propagation of its creed encored in the cure and solving problems of the world, responds, in part, for the success of this agremiation. What its appearance adds to the national neopentecostalismo,the influence of persuasion and efficiency of electronic media in the adhesion of followers are the reflexes that guided this dissertation.
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Hoffmann, Sherene Faye. "Gestaltspelterapeutiese riglyne vir die hantering van die kind wat verlies ervaar: 'n pastorale perspektief". Diss., 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1456.
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In Gestalplaytherapy there is a need for guidelines with a pastoral perspective for the child that is experiencing loss. This research is undertaken to set Gestaltplaytherapeutic guidelines with a pastoral perspective for the therapeutic intervention of the primary school child who is experiencing loss due to the death of a loved one. The study consulted relevant literature and compared the literature study with experience acquired in practice.
The impact of the loss that the child is experiencing has an influence on the child as a whole. The researcher has found that the Christian child's experience of loss due to the death of a loved one is influenced greatly by the child's spiritual experience. For this reason it is necessary that Gestaltplaytherapy includes a pastoral approach within the therapeutic setting when working with a child experiencing loss due to the death of a loved one.In Gestaltspelterapie is daar 'n leemte aan riglyne vanuit 'n pastorale perspektief wat die kind wat verlies ervaar kan begelei. Hierdie navorsing het ten doel om Gestalspelterapeutiese riglyne met 'n pastorale perspektief daar te stel vir die hantering van die laerskoolkind wat verlies ervaar as gevolg van die dood van 'n geliefde. Die studie ondersoek die kind se geestelike belewing van verlies deur middel van navorsing in relevante literatuur en vergelyk dit met praktiese ervaring wat opgedoen is in die praktyk. Die impak van die verlies wat die laerskoolkind ervaar as gevolg van die dood van 'n geliefde raak sy totale menswees. Die navorser het waargeneem dat die Christenkind se ervaring en verwerking van die dood van 'n geliefde ook deur sy geestelike belewing beinvloed word. Daarom is dit nodig dat die kind wat verlies ervaar ook op die pastorale vlak binne die Gestaltspelterapeutiese opset hanteer word.
Social work
M. Diac. (Play Therapy)
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Deppe, Ilse Liesl. "Verlies in die lewe van die 7-11 jarige kind in die enkelouergesin : `n pastorale perspektief". Diss., 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/2520.
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The research deals with the losses the 7-11 year old child in die single parent family may experience. The research has been conducted from a practical theological (pastoral) perspective. The goal of the study was to investigate and elaborate upon the various losses the child may experience on a physical, cognitive, social, spiritual and an emotional level. In order to complement and verify the literature study, empirical methods of research were utilised. Focus groups were conducted within the framework of Gestalt Play Therapy. Parent interviews were used as an additional method of research. It became apparent, as a result of the literature and empirical studies, that the loss of a parent (whether by divorce/ abandonment/unmarried status/ death) affects the child on all levels of his/her development. Guidelines for the support of such a child are suggested.Die navorsing handel oor die verlies(e) wat die 7-11 jarige kind in die enkelouergesin mag beleef. Die navorsing geskied vanuit 'n prakties-teologiese (pastorale) perspektief. Die doel van die studie was om die verliese wat die kind op fisiese, kognitiewe, emosionele, sosiale en geestelike vlak mag ervaar, te ondersoek en omskryf. Om die literatuurstudie aan te vul en te verifieer, al dan nie, is daar van empiriese navorsing gebruik gemaak. Fokusgroepe het plaasgevind binne 'n gestalt spelterapeutiese raamwerk. Oueronderhoude was as nog 'n wyse van ondersoek gebruik. Vanuit die literatuurstudie en empiriese navorsing het dit duidelik geword dat die verlies aan 'n ouer (vanwee egskeiding/ verlating/ongetroude status/ sterfte) die kind op al die vlakke van sy/haar ontwikkeling beinvloed. Riglyne tot ondersteuning aan hierdie kind is voorgestel.
Social work
M.Diac. (Youth Work)
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"Metaphor of light as a Christian identity marker". 2011. http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b5894783.
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Lee, Ka Keung Caramon."December 2010."
Thesis (M.Div.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2011.
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 78-89).
Abstracts in English and Chinese.
Chapter Chapter 1: --- Identity and Metaphors --- p.2
Chapter 1.1) --- Introduction --- p.2
Chapter 1.2) --- Aspects of Identity --- p.3
Chapter 1.3) --- Construction of Social Identity as Revealed on Texts --- p.6
Chapter 1.4) --- Functions of Metaphors --- p.10
Chapter 1.5) --- Light as an Ancient Metaphor --- p.13
Chapter 1.6) --- Outline of the Thesis --- p.14
Chapter Chapter 2: --- The Metaphor of Light in the Gospel of John --- p.18
Chapter 2.1) --- Introduction --- p.18
Chapter 2.2) --- Johannine Symbolism --- p.19
Chapter 2.3) --- Old Testament Sources of the Johannine Light --- p.19
Chapter 2.4) --- Anti-Language in the Gospel of John --- p.21
Chapter 2.5) --- Exegesis of Johannine Light Passages --- p.22
Chapter 2.6) --- Self-understanding of the Johannine Community and Unity of the Enemy --- p.29
Chapter 2.7) --- Parting of the Ways? --- p.31
Chapter Chapter 3: --- Metaphor of Light in the Writings of Pseudo-Dionysius --- p.33
Chapter 3.1) --- Introduction --- p.33
Chapter 3.2) --- Historical Context --- p.34
Chapter 3.3) --- Opponents of Pseudo-Dionysius --- p.36
Chapter 3.4) --- Light and Darkness . --- p.38
Chapter 3.5) --- Unknowability of God --- p.40
Chapter 3.6) --- The Dionysian Hierarchies --- p.42
Chapter 3.7) --- The Celestial (Angelic) Hierarchy --- p.43
Chapter 3.8) --- The Ecclesiastical Hierarchy --- p.44
Chapter 3.9) --- The Relationship between the Two Hierarchies --- p.45
Chapter Chapter 4: --- The Metaphor of Light in the Writings of Symeon the New Theologian --- p.49
Chapter 4.1) --- Introduction : --- p.49
Chapter 4.2) --- Introducing Symeon the New Theologian --- p.49
Chapter 4.3) --- Conflicts Faced by Symeon --- p.53
Chapter 4.4) --- Key Theological Elements of Symeon --- p.56
Chapter 4.5) --- Establishment of Christian Identity as an Individual --- p.59
Chapter 4.6) --- Establishment of Christian Identity as a Community --- p.66
Chapter Chapter 5: --- Conclusion --- p.71
Chapter 5.1) --- "Relationship Between John, Pseudo-Dionysius, and Symeon the New Theologian" --- p.72
Chapter 5.2) --- Major Findings --- p.74
Chapter 5.3) --- Future Works --- p.76
Bibliography --- p.78
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Chaison, Angelic Denise 1977. "Religious internalization, church-based social support, and religious copin g in adult Christians". 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/2152/18083.
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Research has shown that religious coping is one of the strongest predictors of psychological adjustment and event-related outcomes to stressful situations among religious individuals. However, little is known about what prompts a person to engage in various coping strategies during stressful situations. This dissertation project aims to increase the understanding of different facets of religious life that may contribute to and influence the coping process. To understand better how intrapersonal and interpersonal aspects of one’s faith predict the coping behaviors he or she uses, this study examined the relationships of religious internalization and church-based social support with both religious and nonreligious coping. In the first phase of the project, 206 adult Christians responded to quantitative questionnaires about religious internalization, church-based social support, and coping. In the second phase, interviews were conducted with 10 individuals who completed the quantitative questionnaires in phase 1. Generally, it was hypothesized that (1) identified vs. introjected religious internalization and (2) church-based social support would predict religious and nonreligious coping among religious individuals. As expected, identified and introjected religious internalization styles were predictive of positive and negative religious coping, respectively. Identified religious internalization also predicted restraint coping (an aspect of nonreligious problem-focused coping) as expected; however, it failed to predict planning coping (an aspect of nonreligious problem-focused coping). Spiritual support predicted positive religious coping as expected; however it failed to predict restraint and planning coping. Contrary to predictions, emotional support from members of one’s congregation and emotional support from one’s pastor did not predict focus on and venting of emotions. Implications are discussed. It is hoped that the findings will provide insights that clinicians, counselors, and religious leaders will find valuable in assessing the needs and strengths of religious individuals and in fostering their care and growth.text
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"The relationship between dispositional factors, situational factors and the adoption of religious coping styles". 1999. http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b5890062.
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by Samuel Ng Ka Chiu.Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1999.
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 64-66).
Abstracts in English and Chinese, questionnaire in Chinese.
ABSTRACT --- p.ii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS --- p.iii
TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.iv
LIST OF TABLES --- p.vi
LIST OF APPENDICES --- p.viii
Chapter CHAPTER 1 - --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1
Religious population and church's community involvement --- p.2
What is religious coping --- p.2
Religious coping styles and coping outcomes --- p.4
Factors contributing to religious coping styles --- p.5
The Need for a theoretical framework to study religious coping styles --- p.10
Transactional model of stress and coping --- p.10
Objective of the present study --- p.18
Chapter CHAPTER 2 - --- METHOD --- p.19
Participants --- p.19
Measures --- p.20
Procedures --- p.23
Chapter CHAPTER 3 - --- RESULTS --- p.25
Internal consistency of the measures --- p.25
Descriptive statistics of the participants --- p.25
Relationship between religiousness and religious coping styles --- p.27
"Relationship between internal control, God-mediated control, optimism and religious coping styles" --- p.30
Predictive power of dispositional factors on religious coping styles --- p.32
Manipulation check and differential use of religious coping styles --- p.36
Mediational role of situational control appraisals --- p.39
Chapter CHAPTER 4 - --- DISCUSSION --- p.48
The role of dispositional factors in religious coping styles --- p.48
Situational variation of religious coping styles --- p.52
Interaction between dispositional and situational factors --- p.55
Implications for psychotherapy --- p.57
Limitations of the present study --- p.59
Future research direction --- p.60
Summary --- p.62
REFERENCES --- p.64
APPENDIX --- p.67
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Gibson, Barry James. "Emerging Adults and the Elusiveness of Commitment". Diss., 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10392/5054.
Testo completoAbstract (sommario):
This thesis highlights the lack of responsible commitment among emerging adults and proposes biblical analyses and direction toward fostering an authentic commitment in emerging adults in the context of mentoring and discipleship.
The thesis begins with an introduction of the emerging adult and how this social construct developed among young people ages 18 to 29. Further, generational trends and patterns are explored to illuminate the lack of responsible commitment and to direct attention towards the need for biblically based solutions of formidable commitment.
Specifically, David Powlison’s Comprehensive Internal framework is discussed and utilized in order to provide a structure and lens for critical biblical analysis. Additional resources are employed in order to provide specific direction for Christian mentoring and discipleship for emerging adults in order to foster and develop responsible commitment to forge the proper path to full adulthood.
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Mphambo, Nondumiso. "The perceived impact of Christian beliefs in coping with depression". Thesis, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/8079.
Testo completoAbstract (sommario):
The association between the experience of depression and the use of religious coping methods has been widely researched in recent studies. However there is a dire need in this area of research in South Africa. Further most of the previous studies have been quantitative in nature limiting the subjective aspect of the depressive experience.
The current study was undertaken to explore the perceived impact of religious beliefs on the individual's coping with depression. The sample used was a convenience sample of Christians from various denominations with a history of depression or a current diagnosis of depression. A semi-structured interview was conducted to collect the data from volunteers who agreed to participate, and a thematic analysis method was used to analyze the data.
The findings of the research revealed that the use of religious coping methods can have both beneficial and detrimental effects on the individual's experience of depression. Conversely it was found that depression can also have both positive and negative impact on the individual's faith. Furthermore this study has highlighted the importance of the individual's appraisal of their depressive experience which in turn influences the form of religious coping methods (either positive or negative) that would be used.Thesis (M.Soc.Sc.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 2011.
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Sheehan, Johann Elizabeth. "The effects of belief similarity and difference, on religious counsellors' judgements of religious and non-religious clients". Phd thesis, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/146209.
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Cochran, George Willard. "CHURCH SPONSORED SERVICE THROUGH THE LENS OF SELF DETERMINATION THEORY: A CASE STUDY". Diss., 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10392/4291.
Testo completoAbstract (sommario):
Given the critical need to nudge congregants toward sustainable service, surprisingly few studies have explored the possibility of internalizing Christian beliefs and practices through intrinsically motivating ministry activities. According to Self-Determination Theory (SDT), an emerging meta-theory of adult motivation, such activities consistently move individuals from external to internal regulation of behavior. Perceiving undeveloped believers as marginalized members of Christ's body, this emancipatory study sought to build awareness of the need to empower all believers to make kingdom contributions through intrinsically-motivated service that internalizes orthodox faith. Following protocols of a qualitative single case study, the researcher explored the rich perceptions and divergent meanings associated with church-sponsored service among a critical array of stakeholders in a thriving evangelical church. In a vivid portrait gleaned from observations, interviews and documents, SDT's theoretical lens shaped the questions, informed the data, and inspired the cause. In the process, traditional assumptions about servant leadership, Christian formation, and spiritual giftedness were challenged. The study's ultimate aim was to stimulate meaningful dialogue on the need to reform church structures that foster Christian formation through inherently satisfying, Spirit-empowered ministry. Organizing the data under the SERVE acronym, the researcher concludes with a motivational model of Christian service.
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Forster, Dion Angus. "Validation of individual consciousness in strong artificial intelligence : an African theological contribution". Thesis, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/2361.
Testo completoAbstract (sommario):
The notion of identity has always been central to the human person's understanding of self. The question "who am I?" is fundamental to human being. Answers to this question have come from a wide range of academic disciplines. Philosophers, theologians, scientists, sociologists and anthropologists have all sought to offer some insight.
The question of individual identity has traditionally been answered from two broad perspectives. The objectivist approach has sought to answer the question through empirical observation - you are a mammal, you are a homo-sapien, you are male, you are African etc. The subjectivist approach has sought to answer the question through phenomenological exploration - I understand myself to be sentient, I remember my past, I feel love etc.
A recent development in the field of computer science has however shown a shortcoming in both of these approaches. Ray Kurzweil, a theorist in strong artificial intelligence, suggests the possibility of an interesting identity crisis. He suggests that if a machine could be programmed and built to accurately and effectively emulate a person's conscious experience of being `self' it could lead to a crisis of identity. In an instance where the machine and the person it is emulating cannot be either objectively distinguished (i.e., both display the same characteristics of the person in question), or subjectively distinguish themselves (i.e., both believe themselves to be the `person in question' since both have an experience of being that person. This experience could be based on memory, emotion, understanding and other subjective realities) how is the true identity of the individual validated? What approach can be employed in order to distinguish which of the two truly is the `person in question' and which is the `emulation of that person'?
This research investigates this problem and presents a suggested solution to it. The research begins with an investigation of the claims of strong artificial intelligence and discusses Ray Kurzweil's hypothetical identity crisis. It also discusses various approaches to consciousness and identity, showing both their value and shortfall within the scope of this identity conundrum. In laying the groundwork for the solution offered in this thesis, the integrative theory of Ken Wilber is presented as a model that draws on the strengths of the objectivist and subjectivist approaches to consciousness, yet also emphasises the need for an approach which is not only based on individual data (i.e., the objectivist - you are, or subjectivist - I am). Rather, it requires an intersubjective knowing of self in relation to others.
The outcome of this research project is an African Theological approach to self-validating consciousness in strong artificial intelligence. This takes the form of an African Theology of relational ontology. The contribution falls within the ambit of Christian anthropology and Trinitarian theology - stressing the Christian belief that true identity is both shaped by, and discovered in, relationship with others. The clearest expression of this reality is to be found in the African saying Umuntu ngumuntu ngabantu (A person is a person through other persons).Systematic Theology
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MacKnee, Chuck M. "A description of practising Christians’ experience of profound sexual and spiritual encounters". Thesis, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/8570.
Testo completoAbstract (sommario):
This qualitative study explored the meaning and description of profound sexual and
spiritual connection among practising Christians. Investigations of the conditions and events
that led to these peak encounters as well as the aftereffects of such experiences were also
conducted. It was purposed that this research would enhance understanding of sexual and
spiritual connection, inform theories of love, transpersonal experience, and Christian
theology regarding sexuality, as well as provide counsellors with some initial strategies to
promote more holistic sexual intimacy among their Christian clientele.
The methods of inquiry and data analysis were based on a phenomenological
approach. The researcher conducted an in-depth interview with five men and five women,
representing five Christian denominations, who had experienced a profound event that was
simultaneously sexual and spiritual. The statements within each participant's transcript were
analyzed to discover clusters of meaningful themes. A follow-up interview with each
contributor validated these individual or "situated structural" descriptions. Twenty-five
common themes emerged from the interview data and a fundamental structure or "common
story" was culled from the exhaustive description of the phenomenon. The themes of the
sexual and spiritual encounter were categorized into the into the following three phases:
Preconditions and Facilitating Events; Descriptive Themes of the Encounter; and
Aftereffects. The exhaustive description and fundamental structure were validated by all the
participants in a final follow-up consultation.
The study results offered an empirical and experiential basis for previous conjectures
on linking sexuality and spirituality. The findings were interpreted in light of existing
research on love, transpersonal mystical experience, and Christian theology on sexuality.
Comparisons were made to the experience of transcendental sex experienced by Tantric practitioners. Potentials for individual and relational growth were explored. Following
these interpretations, a number of specific recommendations were made for future research
and counselling practice.
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Lambert, Heath Blane. "The Theological Development of the Biblical Counseling Movement from 1988". Diss., 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10392/2948.
Testo completoAbstract (sommario):
This dissertation examines how the thought uder girding the biblical counseling movement as founded by Jay Adams has developed since 1988 Chapter 1 examines the historical and theological context for that development. This chapter is concerned to set the context necessary in understanding the work to follow.
Chapter 2 evaluates the conceptual development of the biblical counseling movement. The development in the movement regarding sin and suffering and motivational issues is considered.
Chapter 3 addresses the methodological development of the biblical counseling movement. The shift from the formal and authoritative method of Adams to the relational method of the second generation of leaders is documented.
Chapter 4 tackles the apologetic development of the biblical counseling movement. The chapter highlights the various approaches in engaging with outsiders of the movement.
Chapter 5 engages the work of Eric Johnson. Johnson is the only other scholar who seriously evaluates the counseling movement as anything other than monolithic. This chapter assesses the correctness of his approach.
Chapter 6 seeks to address areas in further need of development with regard to motivational issues in biblical counseling. Efforts are made here to further develop a biblical counseling understanding of human motivation.
Chapter 7 concludes this dissertation. The argument is made that, in evaluating the development of the biblical counseling movement, it is important to embrace the founding work of the first generation and the developing work of the second generation, being thankful for each.
This work argues that the biblical counseling movement is one, single movement that has experienced conceptual, methodological, and apologetic development from a first, founding generation to a second, developing generation. It is further argued that this development has improved the theological foundation of the movement.
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Hester, Jackson Andrew. "STRESS AND LONGEVITY IN PASTORAL MINISTRY: A PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY". Diss., 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10392/5469.
Testo completoAbstract (sommario):
There is a sad and consistent narrative that permeates the story of so many pastors. After dedicating their lives to advance the gospel and to serve the Bride of Christ, His church, so often the story ends in the tragedy of burnout and its debilitating effects and far reaching impacts on family, congregation, and community. Yet, there is a small group of resilient and enduring pastors who have somehow learned to grow from the difficulties and stress of ministry. How are they able to avert the negative and often detrimental effects of ministerial stress to experience such success and longevity in ministry? What are their stories? How do they perceive their roles and the stress of those roles? How have they learned to not only survive, but somehow, thrive? This study seeks to give a voice to their stories and to understand their self-perceptions.
Several researchers have concluded that the occupation of pastor is especially prone to burnout. These same researchers cite varying contributors to this condition, such as time demands, unrealistic expectations, isolation, and loneliness. Even though debate exists surrounding the specific contributing factors and the level of their contribution, the results are clear in the research. Pastors’ lives become imbalanced and their spiritual growth stagnates. However, some pastors have demonstrated growth and longevity in a constant ministry context. Hence, they have seemingly developed and matured through the difficult experiences and occupational stressors that have left many of their colleagues defeated. This study sought to discover why some pastors are able not only to overcome these adverse and detrimental factors of stress and burnout, but also achieve both personal and professional growth in spite of them.
This phenomenological qualitative study describes the experiences of twenty pastors who have experienced the phenomenon of growth and longevity in ministry despite occupational and personal stressors, and identifies commonalities of their perceptions of how they have dealt with stress and achieve success over an extended period of time in a constant ministry context. The pastors have ministered at one church for at least fifteen years. Each church has exhibited measurable growth under the leadership of each respective pastor during their tenure.
The results of this study identified four common themes: Source of stressors, how these pastors identify and deal with their occupational stress, the impacts of stress on their personal lives, and their advice for young pastors from what they have learned over their long tenures in ministry. A common pattern among these veteran pastors is that over time they gained a new perspective and became more effective at coping with stress. They modified and adapted their behaviors, adopting several practices that are recommended in the broader literature on stress and burnout and the specific literature on religious clergy. These include: delegating and prioritizing responsibilities, seeking social support, taking time off, engaging in regular physical exercise, guarding family time and family vacations as well as recreational activities, and discipline in spiritual practices such as prayer, meditation, and worship.
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Pienaar, Jan Adriaan. "The integration of the Myers and Briggs type indicator in a marriage counselling approach". Thesis, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1258.
Testo completoAbstract (sommario):
The aim of this study is to determine the influence of personality type as described by Jungian personality theory on marriage problems and to determine the usability of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator to solve problems in the understanding and appreciating of individual personality differences.
The research depicts the importance of self-awareness to maintain significant relationships. Self-awareness is conceptualised as an integral part of personality psychology. Accurate personality assessment is described as a means to gain accurate self-awareness.
A literature study is done on personality theories to discover what role they play in marriage counselling. The question - where does the personality theory of Jung fit into personality psychology and marriage counselling - is answered.
The Myers-Briggs Personality Type Indicator® as an application of Jungian personality theory and an assessment technique to gain accurate self-awareness is discussed.
A literature study of different marriage counselling approaches is presented and the focus of these approaches is discussed. None of these approaches used personality theory explicitly.
A marriage counselling approach is developed which integrates the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. The approach has five pillars:
1. Developing mutual trust
2. Recognizing and accepting individual differences
3. Giving and receiving feedback
4. Solving problems
5. Letting go of the past
The research presents case studies, which confirm that the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator does help individuals and couples to become self-aware and develop awareness of the differences between their personality types. This self-awareness helps to rebuild marital relationships.Practical Theology
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Dlamini, Celiwe. "The needs of ELCSA ministers as they cope with burnout, in their ministry to people affected by and infected with HIV and AIDS". Thesis, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/1422.
Testo completoAbstract (sommario):
Ministering in the face of HIV and AIDS has posed many challenges. The work of ministers before HIV and AIDS experienced many problems which resulted in ministry burnout. HIV and AIDS have increased the demand for ministers because of the sick, the dying and the grieving people. The increase number of funerals means that a minister conducts many funerals over the weekend and sometimes during the week. This is not the only task of the minister; there are other duties such as house visitation, administration matters, counseling, Sunday services, confirmations and teachings in the church. Furthermore, ministers are often most intensively involved with people in times of crisis and distress. This research deals with the ways ministers are coping or not coping with ministry burnout which may be a result of ministering to people suffering from HIV and those dying of AIDS. This study recognises that an understanding of the minister's problems, as well as helping them to cope, by all who are involved in the church as a vocational system is necessary in the face of HIV and AIDS. The major beneficiary of care and support to ministers will be pastoral ministry itself and the church. Interest in this study therefore stems from both academic and pastoral concerns. Academically, one would like to see the discipline of pastoral care making a scientific and academic contribution that is capable of helping ministers. As for the pastoral concern, one believes that this study and similar studies are ways by which ministry can be strengthened and supported. There is need to equip the church to observe, listen to and respond to ministers in pain more knowledgeably and sympathetically. The researcher endeavours to describe these phenomena accurately through narrative type descriptions, interviews and pastoral conversations. Furthermore, Rediger created a model for avoiding burnout called AIM, which has led to a creation of a model to cope with ministry burnout in the face of HIV and AIDS, which is AIMS: A-Awareness, 1- Impose, M-Management, S-Support. The model has been created in the face of the emotional involvement of ministers in HIV and AIDSThesis (M.Th.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 2006.
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Van, Duuren Linda Anne. "Children's voices on bereavement and loss". Diss., 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1061.
Testo completoAbstract (sommario):
In South Africa the death of a significant caregiver is a haunting possibility. Violence, crime, road accidents, HIV/AIDS, cancer, diabetes and substance abuse are household words that describe some of the causes of "untimely deaths" of parents who still have young, school-going children. These children carry their bereavement with them to school. The challenge of standing with them lies not only with their caregivers, but also with staff and children in our school community. In co-authoring conversations with children in our school who have experienced bereavement and loss, this qualitative study used research as co-search to uncover children's preferred knowledges and spiritualities about coping, hope, care and communities of concern. This study used therapy-as-research and participatory action research-as-therapy in what developed into a network of caring communities for the participants, caregivers and therapist.Practical Theology
M. Th. (Pastoral Therapy)
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Sanchez, Christopher Lynn. "EPISTEMOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT IN PRE-MINISTRY UNDERGRADUATES ATTENDING SECULAR UNIVERSITIES". Diss., 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10392/5052.
Testo completoAbstract (sommario):
This qualitative study sought to replicate the previous study conducted by John David Trentham in 2012. Trentham’s study was cross-institutional in nature with a population from bible colleges, confessional Christian liberal arts colleges and universities, and secular universities. This study is focused on a population consisting of pre-ministry undergraduate students from a single institutional setting, secular universities. The Perry Scheme is the basis for the evaluation and previous research conducted by Trentham is used to study how attendance at secular universities affects the progression of pre-ministry undergraduate students through positions established by Perry in his epistemological developmental scheme.
The qualitative research design consisted of six steps. The first step consisted of customizing the Trentham Interview Protocol which entailed adding a line of questioning exploring the impact of attending events sponsored by Student Services/Student Affairs. The second step was to recruit study participants having each complete a Thesis Study Participation Form verifying they met the criteria for the study. The third step was to conduct a pilot study ensuring I was able to properly conduct the interviews and make any necessary adjustments before moving forward. The fourth step was to conduct and transcribe interviews with study participants and submit them to the Center for the Study of Intellectual Development (CSID) for scoring. The fifth step was to perform an independent content analysis utilizing Trentham’s categories for assessing epistemological priorities and competencies. The six step was to evaluate the scoring provided by the CSID and the content analysis, determine research findings, and draw conclusions based on the data obtained.
Overall, the findings of this research were consistent with those of Trentham’s earlier research. This is especially so of his study participants from secular universities. Study participants with higher Perry Scheme scoring also scored higher in Trentham’s structured framework for epistemological priorities and competencies. This study also suggests a possible correlation between epistemological positioning and voluntary attendance at extracurricular events sponsored by Student Services/Student Affairs with Trentham’s Epistemological Priorities and Competencies. However, due to the small population size, further research is necessary. The prominent themes that emerged were consistent with those observed in the Trentham study.
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Quinn, Lorna. "A narrative pastoral exploration into women's and men's experiences of patriarchy within business context". Diss., 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1635.
Testo completoAbstract (sommario):
This exploration involves the influence of a system of patriarchy on both women and men in an inclusive way within business context.
The work attempts to move away from dualisms that stereotypically define gender according to patriarchy. The challenge of this work is to find ways of describing women and men that is less defined by gender and more about our similarities as human beings. It has been suggested in the research that the business environment is still a male dominated environment. It is therefore the intention of this work to encourage ways of defining ourselves that one person does not hold benefit one over another in an abusive way.
As the system of patriarchy has been endorsed by the church, the research considers how the pastoral therapist may be relevant to the business environment.Practical Theology
M. Th - Specialising in Pastoral Therapy
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Drazenovich, George A. "An exploration of the value of spirituality in the field of mental health". Diss., 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/2019.
Testo completoAbstract (sommario):
The subject of spirituality is growing in popularity within the field of mental health. A major aspect of our human experience includes striving for meaning, hopefulness and purpose - this process can be understood as a spiritual experience. Another aspect of our shared human experience includes psychological distress and alienation. This is understood in most contemporary mental health literature as mental disorders. In our contemporary era mental health has addressed the latter. Spirituality, as an integral component of human experience, involves tapping into the innate need for integration while paving the way forward towards a transformative experience. The present research explores important interpretive issues related to spirituality and mental health from within a historical perspective. The present research suggests that holistic trends in mental health cohere with contemporary, phenomenologically rooted trends in spirituality.Christian Spirituality
M.Th. (Christian Spirituality)
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"Analysis of the integration of psychology and theology in the practice of the brief pastoral counseling by Howard W. Stone". 2009. http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b5896573.
Testo completoAbstract (sommario):
Yu Yan Ting Renee.Thesis (M.Div.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2009.
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 70-71).
Abstract --- p.",ii"
Acknowledgement --- p.iv
Table of Contents --- p.V
Chapter Chapter One: --- Introduction --- p.1
Chapter (I) --- Overview --- p.1
Chapter (II) --- Statement of Research Questions --- p.3
Chapter (III) --- Definitions of Professions --- p.4
Chapter (A) --- Pastoral Counseling --- p.4
Chapter (B) --- Pastoral Care --- p.6
Chapter Chapter Two: --- Stone´ةs Theology in Pastoral Counseling --- p.8
Chapter (I) --- Introduction --- p.8
Chapter (II) --- “The Word of God´ح in Stone´ةs Theology in Pastoral Counseling --- p.10
Chapter (III) --- “Acceptance of Self and Spirit´ح in Stone´ةs Theology in Pastoral Counseling --- p.14
Chapter (IV) --- Theodicy in Stone´ةs Theology in Pastoral Counseling --- p.17
Chapter (V) --- Theological Assessment in Pastoral Counseling --- p.20
Chapter (VI) --- Spiritual Direction as a Concern in Pastoral Counseling --- p.21
Chapter (VII) --- Pastoral Care as Community Endeavor --- p.23
Chapter Chapter Three: --- Stone´ةs Brief Pastoral Counseling --- p.26
Chapter (I) --- Introduction --- p.26
Chapter (II) --- Methodologies of Stone´ةs Brief Pastoral Counseling --- p.28
Chapter (III) --- Practice of Stone´ةs Brief Pastoral Counseling --- p.33
Chapter Chapter Four: --- A Dialogue Between Stone´ةs Theology in Pastoral Counseling And His Brief Pastoral Counseling --- p.45
Chapter (I) --- Word of God in Pastor-Counselor and Parishioner-Counselee Relationship --- p.45
Chapter (II) --- Proactive Role of Pastors as Means of Grace or Means of Goal --- p.48
Chapter (III) --- Assessment in Brief Pastoral Counseling --- p.49
Chapter (IV) --- Making Change as the Goal in Brief Pastoral Counseling --- p.51
Chapter (V) --- Role and Meaning of Suffering in Brief Pastoral Counseling --- p.54
Chapter (VI) --- Community Endeavor --- p.57
Chapter (VII) --- Influence of Solution-Focused Approaches in Stone´ةs Brief Pastoral Counseling --- p.58
Chapter Chapter Five: --- Conclusion --- p.63
Appendix 1 ： Pastoral Counseling Checklist --- p.66
Bibliography --- p.70
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Eze, Chika Eucharia. "Identity construction of Roman Catholic religious sisters in the church in Nigeria". Thesis, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/9171.
Testo completoAbstract (sommario):
This study was designed against the background of the vital need for a comprehensive research on religious sisters in Africa and Nigeria in particular to address the problems and challenges of identity construction by them within the context of religious community life. It is an interpretative qualitative research study which used an interdisciplinary theoretical approach, drawing on theology of religious life and dialogical self theory to argue that the sisters‘ performance of identity is a context-bound activity. Interview data was drawn from 18 participants from two religious congregations (Daughters of Divine Love and Society of the Holy Child Jesus) in Nigeria in order to understand the meaning sisters give to their intersubjective exchange and the impact it makes on their development and performance of personal/religious identity. The results showed that the sisters used a multiplicity of I-positions to construct identity. This multiplicity of I-positions arises from self-positioning and self as positioned by others (including superiors/formators, senior/older sisters, priests) which are laden with conflicts and dilemmas of identity construction. The major dilemma of identity construction that the participants encountered is based on the discrepancy between the ideal and the lived reality of religious life. The participants presented the ideal as a call to do God‘s will in direct imitation of Christ, but the lived reality offers a mixed experience. On the one hand the participants indicated that relationships within the religious community, Church and wider Nigerian society are supportive, facilitating their development and performance of Christ-like identity. But on the other hand the findings reveal that the participants‘ performance of identity has been hindered by power relations and dominance (including gender related issues) which are prevalent in religious communities, the Church and wider Nigerian society, leading the participants to present their performance of identity as a struggle for survival. Thus their construction of identity is a constant negotiation process, in which they are engaged in appropriation and rejection of positions as they struggle to construct unity-in-multiplicity. To this effect the study recommends that leaders of religious life review their leadership style in order to adopt a more inclusive approach which gives every sister the opportunity to speak and be heard, thus create a more conducive environment for sisters‘ identity construction.Thesis (Ph.D.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 2012.
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"Topic: the notion of hope in pastoral care and positive psychology : a comparative study of Andrew D. Lester's hope model and Charles Rick Snyder's hope theory". 2012. http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b5894880.
Testo completoAbstract (sommario):
Lai Mei Fung."June 2012."
Thesis (M.Div.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2012.
Includes bibliographical references.
Abstracts in English and Chinese.
ABSTRACT --- p.ii
Chapter CHAPTER ONE: --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1
Chapter I. --- Problem Statement and Research Question --- p.1
Chapter II. --- Statement of Purpose --- p.3
Chapter III. --- Methodology and Delimitation --- p.4
Chapter IV. --- "Definition of the Term: Hope, Pastoral Care and Positive Psychology" --- p.4
Chapter V. --- Significance of this Study --- p.8
Chapter VI. --- Overview: Structure of this Thesis --- p.8
Chapter CHAPTER TWO: --- LITERATURE REVIEW --- p.10
Chapter I. --- Historical Development of Hope Construct: No Consensus on Hope --- p.10
Chapter II. --- Theological Approach: Pastoral Literature of Hope --- p.15
Chapter III. --- Psychological Approach: Positive Psychology of Hope --- p.17
Chapter IV. --- Literature About the Interdisciplinary Discussion on the Topic of Hope … --- p.19
Chapter V. --- Summary --- p.20
Chapter CHAPTER THREE: --- THEORETICAL FOUNDATION --- p.21
Chapter I. --- Why are Charles Rick Snyder and Andrew D. Lester chosen? --- p.21
Chapter II. --- Psychological Perspective: Snyder's Hope Theory in Positive Psychology --- p.23
What is Hope? Looking Hope Through a Psychological Lens --- p.23
"Context: Making Excuses, Cognitive Influence and Fritz Heider" --- p.24
"Content: Goal, Pathway and Agency" --- p.26
Chapter III. --- Theological Perspective: Lester's Notion of Hope in Pastoral Care --- p.29
What is Hope? Looking Hope Through a Theological Lens --- p.29
Context: Experience of Struggling and Existential Influence --- p.29
Content: Future and Transfinite Hope --- p.32
Chapter IV. --- Summary --- p.35
Chapter CHAPTER FOUR: --- COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS IN PRACTICE --- p.36
Chapter I. --- Common Ground: Hope is a Virtue --- p.36
Positive Psychology: Hope is a Virtue for Human Flourishing --- p.37
Pastoral Care: Hope as a Theological Virtue --- p.39
Chapter II. --- Tension in the Practical Life Context: Daily Life and End-of-Life Context --- p.41
Hope in Daily Life: Empirical Research and Operative Measurement --- p.41
Hope in the End-of-life Context: Cognitive vs Existential Approach --- p.44
Chapter CHAPTER FIVE: --- "FINDING, SUGGESTION AND CONCLUSION" --- p.51
Chapter I. --- Finding and Discussion --- p.51
"Whether: Yes, Positive Psychology Contributes Hope-nurturing" --- p.51
How: Pastoral Theology Should Maintain its Indispensable Role --- p.52
Chapter II. --- Limitation and Suggestion for Further Research --- p.55
Chapter III. --- Conclusion --- p.56
BIBLIOGRAPHY --- p.58
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Vujisic, Zoran. "The impact of Orthodox Christian neptic-psychotherapeutic interventions on self-reported depressive symptomatology and comorbid anxiety". Thesis, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/3192.
Testo completoAbstract (sommario):
Orthodox Christianity represents the oldest Christian tradition. However, the tragic schism between the Christian East and West has resulted in a lost cognizance of the East by the West (Chrysostomos, 2007). Ultimately, this loss, for the West, involves the loss of part of its own Christian heritage. As attempts at rapprochement are made, on the ecclesiastical, cultural, and international levels, it is important that the West begin to develop an understanding of human psychology from an Orthodox perspective, i.e., a psychology consistent with the cosmology and soteriology of Orthodoxy. Orthodox Christian Psychotherapy bridges the divide between mystical, neptic, and hesychastic teachings and the methods and goals of modern Western psychotherapy. It is the meeting of the transcendent and the secular, and of spirituality and psychotherapy, as they impact all those in need of inner healing from spiritual, behavioral, and / or psychological disorders and pathologies (St. John Climacus, 1979; Romanides, 2007).
This study in practical theology concretizes the above by examining the intensity of depressive symptomatology and comorbid anxiety before and after a twelve-week treatment plan using Orthodox Christian neptic-psychotherapeutic interventions and techniques. The results represent yet another step in disentangling the mystery of the relationship between spirituality, psychological treatment, and mental health. The findings, which confirm the efficacy of Orthodox Christian Psychotherapy, offer insight into the ways in which neptic-psychotherapeutic interventions may be applied at the pastoral and clinical level and utilized to treat and / or prevent depressive symptomatology and comorbid anxiety, and possibly other spiritual, behavioral, developmental, and / or psychological disorders and pathologies, in both the Orthodox and general populations.Practical Theology
D. Th. (Practical Theology)
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Pretorius, Willem Abraham. "Huweliksvoorbereiding : 'n teologiese praktykteorie". Thesis, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/15823.
Testo completoAbstract (sommario):
Text in Afrikaans, abstract in Afrikaans and EnglishHierdie proefskrif het ontstaan uit die behoefte aan 'n bruikbare huweliksvoorbereidingsprograrn wat op 'n teologiese praktykteorie gebaseer is. Die proefskrif word in die praktiese teologie gedoen waar die interaksie tussen teorie en praktyk met verwysing na die huwelik bestudeer is. Hieruit is 'n teologiese praktykteorie vir huweliksvoorbereiding opgestel. In die definiering van 'n program vir huweliksvoorbereiding moet die vraag gevra word waarvoor die paartjie voorberei moet word. 'n Ander wyse om die vraag te stel, is bloot dit: Wat is 'n huwelik? Die probleem is dat daar nie huweliksvoorbereidingsprogramme bestaan met 'n teologiese basis wat gebruik kan word in die voorbereiding van paartjies vir hul huwelik nie. Daar is heelwat programme wat met verskillende vraelyste en formules byvoorbeeld kommunikasie kan verbeter; maar daar is nie programme wat geformuleer is vanuit 'n teologie van die huwelik nie. 'n Definisie vir die huwelik is saamgestel uit die beoordeling van bestaande definisies en die analisering van huweliksmodelle en -vorms. Daarna is 'n definisie vir huweliksvoorbereiding geformuleer. Hierdie definisie is saamgestel uit 'n literatuurstudie en evaluering van bestaande definisies en omskrywings en 'n beoordeling van die geskiedenis van huweliksvoorbereiding in die Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk. Die definisie vir huweliksvoorbereiding word in hoofstukke 4 en 5 verduidelik en in hoofstuk 6 word 'n teologiese praktykteorie geformuleer. In hoofstuk 7 word praktiese riglyne vir die implementering van die program gegee. In die definisie word die noodsaaklikheid van interaktiewe kommunikasie tussen pastor en paartjie verduidelik en die betrokkenheid van die pastor, die gemeente en die kerk by die aanbieding van huweliksvoorbereidingsprograrnme word beklemtoon. Verder plaas die definisie die huwelik binne vier teologiese konsepte, naamlik roeping (die paartjie moet geroepe wees om die ouerhuis te verlaat om in die huweliksverhouding bevestig te word); verbond (die begin van 'n nuwe verhouding); sakrament (die huwelik wat as kerk in die kleine moet funksioneer); en liefdesgemeenskap (die stimulering van die inherente groeipotensiaal van die paartjie).
This thesis originated from the need for a pragmatic pre-marital counselling program based on a theological theory of practice. The research was done in practical theology where the interaction between theological theory and praxis with regard to marital life was studied. Out of this work a theological theory of practice for pre-marital counselling and enrichment was formulated. In defining a program for pre-marital counselling the question is "What to prepare the couple for?'' In other words, the question "What is a marriage?" arises. The problem is that no premarital counselling program based on a sound theological theory of practice (theology of marriage) currently exists that can be used as a program to prepare couples for their marriage. A definition of marriage was compiled from existing definitions and formulations which were analyzed and evaluated in terms of models and forms of marriage. Thereafter a defintion for pre-marital counseling was developed. This defintion was compiled from a study of literature; an evaluating of existing definitions and formulations; and the history of pre-marital counselling in the Dutch Reformed Church. This definition is explained in chapter 4 and 5 in chapter 6 a theological theory of practice is formulated. In chapter 7 a program is presented with practical guidelines for implementation. In the definition the necessity of interaction between pastor and couple is explained as well as the need for the pastor, congregation and the church to participate in adininistering counselling programs. Finally, the definition places marriage in four theological concepts namely, vocation (the calling to leave home and enter a marrital relationship); covenant (commencing a new relationship); sacrament (the marriage as church personified); and community (stimulating the growth potential of the couple).
Philosophy, Practical and Systematic Theology
Th. D. (Praktiese Teologie)
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Watkins, Duff. "Here-and-now : linking practical theology with group psychotherapy". Thesis, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/17848.
Testo completoAbstract (sommario):
Facilitating improvement, here-and-now, in a person's psycho-spiritual functioning is an
aspect of both practical theology and group psychotherapy. This improvement can only
occur through human intermediary, as both practical theology and group psychotherapy
recognise.
The premise of this thesis is that people reveal their religious and existential concerns (i.e.,
one's deepest feelings about God, life, and existence) through their here-and-now
interpersonal interactions.
These existential and religious concerns can be successfully addressed within psychotherapy
groups by adopting a nonlinear, psychotherapeutic approach which focuses on here-and-now
interpersonal interactions. This here-and-now style of psychotherapy provides the
pastor/therapist with a practical-theologically sound method by which to relate to another
person on the deepest level, and it provides the means by which the pastor/therapist can
identify, describe, and analyse another person's existential/religious issues.
The following propositions are put forth:
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Existential concerns are inevitably religious in nature but not always articulated in
religious terms. These existential/religious concerns are the subject of both group
therapy and practical theology.
Practical theology is characterised by a Janus-like, self-reflective loop of theory to
praxis. This loop is also seen in the here-and-now style of group psychotherapy.
Group psychotherapy and practical theology deal with religious ideation: group
therapy by examining interpersonal interactions; practical theology by examining the
person-to-God relationship.
Psychotherapy groups can be a "coming of God with human action as intermediary."
Group psychotherapy and practical theology address genuine human need through the
four pastoral functions.
Group psychotherapy and practical theology adhere to the scientific method of
constructing hypotheses based on deductions stemming from heightened awareness.
Group psychotherapy has a practical theological function when it serves as a means
of transitin~ through the theological stages of God the void, to God the enemy, to
God the companion.
Group psychotherapy fulfils a practical theological function by transforming human
ways, i.e., opening one up to the influence of other people and the Christian God
who works through those people as intermediaries.Philosophy, Practical & Systematic Theology
D. Th. (Practical Theology)
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Bhana, Jyoti. "A social constructionist understanding of mourning : Indian widows' experiences". Thesis, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1808.
Testo completoAbstract (sommario):
Death is one of the few certainties in life. It comes to all of us, but the way in which we deal with it will vary according to a range of social and cultural factors. Based on my mother's experiences since being widowed, this dissertation has undertaken a qualitative research method to examine how Hindu widows express their mourning in their context, thereby defining their experiences of widowhood. The aim of this dissertation is to give voice to the mourning experiences of Hindu widows. By examining these constructions of mourning experiences, one is able to gain an understanding of grief from a cultural perspective, which may serve as a guide for professional counsellors and academics in their endeavours to provide much needed support and understanding for bereaved Hindu women.
The epistemological framework is social constructionism. In this study five Hindu widows were interviewed with the intention of providing readers and fellow researchers with insight into their narratives, and the data was hermeneutically analysed. The participants' stories were interpreted and categorised into themes.
This study allowed for elaborate and detailed descriptions about Hindu widows' experiences to surface, with the view that this study will broaden the way Hindu widowhood is thought of. Analyses reveals that within patriarchal society, Hindu widows appear inadequately prepared for their widowhood. As a result they experience financial, emotional and psychological difficulties, which make adjusting to widowhood a challenge. The perspective this study hopes to argue for is broader, inclusive, collaborative engagement and thinking in respect of Indian widowhoodPsychology
M.A. (Clinical Psychology)
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Freemantle, Marlene Gerna. "The development and evaluation of an integrated Christian psychological secondary treatment model for substance abusers". Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10210/8797.
Testo completoAbstract (sommario):
D.Litt. et Phil. (Psychology)Research shows a consistent increase in substance abuse. Research further states that recovery is a long-term process and that relapse rates are high. Substance abuse has a devastating effect on all dimensions of an abuser's life. Substance abuse research primarily focuses on primary care intervention. This study focuses on secondary phase treatment because of the long-term nature of the disease. Research indicates that a holistic integrated treatment, using a bio-psychosocial spiritual approach, may yield the best treatment outcome. Many treatment models acknowledge the spiritual aspect of substance abuse, but overlook the value of focusing on the spiritual aspect to effect holistic improvement. This study proposes that such a focus, when part of an integrated treatment model, may augment treatment outcome. The researcher set out to develop and evaluate an integrated Christian psychological secondary phase treatment model for substance abusers. The theoretical framework of this study integrates aspects of contemporary models, existing models and a Christian treatment model. Integrative psychotherapy produces treatment models that are more complete and result in more effective treatment. Five treatment components were systematically integrated to form a meta model. These components comprised: contemporary psychological models, professionally developed models, a Christian model, the psychology of religion and Christian psychology. The Christian belief of the study participants was included as the fifth component. This resulted in the development of a Christian-based psychological model that was applied and evaluated for its potential to promote recovery, prevent relapse and maintain abstinence. The developed model consisted of three phases: assessment, intervention and evaluation...
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"身份的寻索: 林语堂与基督教关係研究". 2013. http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b5549686.
Testo completoAbstract (sommario):
中国基督徒的身份问题一直是中国基督宗教研究领域的热点问题。做一个基督徒与做一个中国人，两种身份如何统一？怎样协调中国文化与基督教之间的张力？这是每一个中国基督徒都会面对的难题。中国现代著名作家林语堂（1895-1976）以跨文化双语写作蜚声海内外，他以英文写就的《吾国吾民》、《生活的艺术》等著作畅销全世界，使其成为20 世纪享有最高国际知名度的中国现代作家。鲜为人知的是，林语堂是一个有着特殊信仰经历的基督徒。他生于闽南一个基督教家庭，父亲是长老会牧师。他从小接受基督教教育，曾就读于著名教会学校上海圣约翰大学，青年时期却宣布离基督教，自称为“异教徒，到晚年又宣布重回基督教怀抱。这既是一条追寻上帝的信仰之旅，也见证了林语堂作为一个中国基督徒对自我身份的努力寻索。
本文将林语堂的一生划分为六个时期，通过分析他在不同时期与基督教的关系来研究他如何面对与解决中国基督徒的身份认同问题。方法论上本文借鉴了心理学家埃里克森的身份认同理论以及当代文化研究关于文化身份的学说。研究资料除了林语堂大量的中英文作品，还包括他的信件、手稿、相关档案等第一手资料。
本研究发现，林语堂之离基督教是出于身份危机，在做中国人与做基督徒之间产生矛盾的情况下他选择做中国人。尽管长达三十多年以“异教徒自居，并不意味着他放弃信仰。对他笔下的“异教徒一词需审慎辨析。尽管对基督教有公开批判，林语堂并不是反基督教作家。自童年时期形成的基督教价值观一直影响着他，他从来没有停止过信仰上帝，只是出于各种原因与基督教保持距离，直到他找到适合自己的信仰方式，融合基督教与中国文化，形成具有中国人文主义色彩的基督教思想，建立起既是中国人又是基督徒的身份认同。
The identity problem of Chinese Christians has always been a hot issue in the studies of Chinese Christianity. Chinese Christians are generally caught at the horn of a dilemma as how to unify their Chinese identity and Christian identity, and how to handle the tensions between Chinese culture and Christianity.
Lin Yutang (1895-1976), one of the most influential modern Chinese writers, was renowned for his extensive writings in both Chinese and English. His best-sellers in English, including My Country and My People and The Importance of Living, earned him highest international fame among modern Chinese writers. A less-known but momentous facet of him is his special encounter with Christianity. Lin Yutang was born into a Christian family in a poor mountain village in Southern China, his father being a Presbyterian minister in a local church. He received secondary education at Talmage College, and tertiary education at St.John’s University, both of which were missionary schools. However, Lin renounced Christianity in his twenties and claimed to be a pagan for over thirty years until declaring his return to Christianity in his sixties. Lin’s journey of faith witnessed his lifelong search for the identity as a Chinese Christian, which was constantly undergoing transformation and construction.
In addition to the general introduction and conclusion, this thesis consists of six main chapters, each of which elaborates Lin’s relationship to Christianity during the different stages of his life, focusing on the ways in which he encountered and solved the identity problem of being a Chinese Christian. This thesis adopts E.H. Erikson’s theory on identity as an overall framework, while also referring to theories on cultural identity proposed by some scholars of cultural studies like Stuart Hall. This research makes extensive use of primary materials including Lin’s letters, manuscripts, and other relevant archives apart from his published works.
According to the findings of this research, Lin renounced Christianity in the midst of his identity crisis when he was compelled to choose between being a Chinese and being a Christian. He had described himself a “pagan for more than thirty years, but it doesn’t mean that he forsook his Christian faith. Lin’s particular use of “pagan necessitates careful interpretation and scrutiny. Lin should not be regarded as an anti-Christian writer in spite of his open criticisms of Christianity. It can be seen that Christianity had always been a major contributing factor in shaping Lin’s values and morality since his childhood. In fact, Lin Yutang had never ceased in his faith in God, even though he deliberately kept some distance from Christianity until he found his own way of worshipping God. When he returned to Christianity, he personally merged Christianity and Chinese culture, and established his Christian thoughts characterized with Chinese humanism, and hence reconstructed his identity as a unique Chinese Christian.
Detailed summary in vernacular field only.
Detailed summary in vernacular field only.
Detailed summary in vernacular field only.
Detailed summary in vernacular field only.
楊柳.
"2013年7月".
"2013 nian 7 yue".
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2013.
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 175-191).
Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web.
Abstract in Chinese and English.
Yang Liu.
中文摘要 --- p.I
Abstract --- p.III
致谢 --- p.IV
Chapter 绪论 --- p.1
Chapter 一、 --- 选题意义 --- p.1
Chapter 二、 --- 研究现状 --- p.3
Chapter 三、 --- 研究资料、研究方法与论文框架 --- p.7
Chapter 第一章、 --- 基督教的保护壳（1895-1911） --- p.18
Chapter 一、 --- 永远的典范：牧师父亲 --- p.19
Chapter 二、 --- 宗教体验：山地的孩子 --- p.23
Chapter 三、 --- 另一种福音：与西方文明的初次接触 --- p.28
Chapter 四、 --- 正统与孤立：寻源中学的宗教教育 --- p.30
Chapter 五、 --- 小结 --- p.33
Chapter 第二章、 --- 身份的焦虑：基督教保护壳的延续（1911-1916） --- p.35
Chapter 一、 --- 西化中的民族身份：半个洋人VS中国人 --- p.37
Chapter 二、 --- 宗教身份的动摇：基督教教义VS现代性 --- p.39
Chapter 三、 --- 《约翰声》上的三篇英文短篇小说 --- p.42
Chapter 四、 --- 小结 --- p.50
Chapter 第三章、 --- 身份的危机：从基督徒到“异教徒（1916-1919） --- p.52
Chapter 一、 --- 边缘者的叩问：在中国做一个基督徒有什么意义？ --- p.53
Chapter 二、 --- 逆流而上：新文化运动的“非典型影响 --- p.58
Chapter 三、 --- 政治与文化的双重民族主义 --- p.62
Chapter 四、 --- 现代性的挑战 --- p.66
Chapter 五、 --- 最后的一击：从神本到人本 --- p.67
Chapter 六、 --- 小结 --- p.69
Chapter 第四章、 --- 身份的暧昧：徘徊在“自我与“他者之间（1919-1935） --- p.70
Chapter 一、 --- 心系文学革命：白话文运动的海外支持者 --- p.71
Chapter 二、 --- 取法西洋、整理国故：短暂的语言学家生涯 --- p.76
Chapter 三、 --- 自我东方主义：“根本败类的民族VS“爽爽快快讲欧化 --- p.82
Chapter 四、 --- 在基督教青年会工作：为欧战华工服务 --- p.87
Chapter 五、 --- 论基督教与文化侵略 --- p.90
Chapter 六、 --- 声援赛珍珠：批判基督教在华传教事业 --- p.92
Chapter 七、 --- 小结 --- p.98
Chapter 第五章、 --- 离散（Diaspora）：身处中、西话语的边缘（1936-1957） --- p.99
Chapter 一、 --- 前奏：30年代“大转向--谁是西崽？ --- p.101
Chapter 二、 --- 被别人表述：“西洋传教士的眼睛 --- p.107
Chapter 三、 --- 戴着脚镣的自我表述：补足式的叙事策略与被他者化 --- p.112
Chapter 四、 --- 边缘者的宣告：我是异教徒 --- p.120
Chapter 五、 --- 小结 --- p.124
Chapter 第六章、 --- 回家：文化融合与身份重建（1957-1976） --- p.126
Chapter 一、 --- 返台背后的政治认同与文化认同 --- p.127
Chapter 二、 --- 反共与返教：现代社会宗教信仰之必要性 --- p.131
Chapter 三、 --- 文化的差异与融合：“趋向于全人类的共同遗产 --- p.133
Chapter 四、 --- 道不远人：林语堂的“近情基督教思想 --- p.138
Chapter 五、 --- 以耶释道：一个中国基督徒对《道德经》的解读 --- p.149
Chapter 六、 --- 叠合的身份认同（adhesive identities）与包容的宗教观 --- p.153
Chapter 七、 --- 小结 --- p.155
结论与反思 --- p.157
Chapter 一、 --- 对林语堂与基督教关系的新诠释 --- p.157
Chapter 二、 --- 引发的争议 --- p.160
Chapter 三、 --- 历史意义 --- p.165
参考书目 --- p.168
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Spies, Nicoline. "Exploring and storying Protestants Christian women's experiences living in sexually unhappy marriages". Thesis, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/4823.
Testo completoAbstract (sommario):
This research project arose from my journeys with Protestant Christian women who were living in
sexually unhappy marriages. In South African Protestant faith communities there is the expectation
that Christian marriages will experience sexual fulfilment. For many Christian women however,
sexual unhappiness becomes their reality. Sexuality is cocooned in silence not only within the
church, but also in many Christian marriages. This leaves many Christian women (and men) with
little or no recourse to address sexually unhappy marriages.
My research journey briefly explored the social construction of sexuality within the history of
Christianity to see which discourses underpin current constructions of White Christian female
sexuality. This participatory feminist action research journey centralised the voices of present-day
contexts: Protestant Christian women, as well as clergy, were invited to share their understandings
and interpretations of matrimony and sexual practices in relation to their faith. With the help of
narrative therapeutic practices, some of the dominant social and religious discourses that constitute
White Christian female sexuality were explored, deconstructed and challenged.
This research journey aimed to penetrate this silence and to invite Christian women, who are living
in sexually unhappy marriages, to share their experiences. This exploration included the faith
predicaments and relational complexities, challenges and dilemmas Protestant Christian women
experience when living in sexually unhappy marriages. This feminist-grounded action research
explored the effects and consequences which living in sexually unhappy marriages held for the cosearchers.Practical Theology
D.Th. (Specialisation in Pastoral Therapy)
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Smith, William Mike. "A comparative analysis of selected pastors' personality profiles and their conflict management styles". Thesis, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10392/239.
Testo completoAbstract (sommario):
This dissertation is a comparative analysis of selected pastors' personality profiles and their conflict management styles. As pastors understand their personalities, this will decrease conflict within themselves and with church members.
This research presents three theological presuppositions. They are shared and examined by detailed biblical word studies and biblical examples. It was determined that this research presents the unique study of relationship using the DISC personality profile and Speed Leas' "Discover Your Conflict Management Style." Similar studies were examined and critiqued. The study involved 1,532 pastors in East Texas. The correlation coefficient Pearson (r) was utilized to examine relationships of pastors in their relationship of personality profile and conflict management style, along with scatter plots, and the Chi-square.
The significance of the study is that there is a relationship between pastors' personalities and their conflict management styles. Pastors who are (D)ominance in personality tend to have a Persuade conflict management style. Pastors who are (I)nfluencing in personality tend to exhibit a Collaborate conflict management style. Pastors who are (S)teadiness in their personality tend toward a Collaborate style of conflict management. Lastly, those pastors who are (C)ompliance in personality tend to have a Persuade conflict management style.
The research found that years in the ministry have little or no effect upon pastors' personalities. Those with less than six years experience and those with twenty-one or more years experience tend to be Collaborate in their conflict management style. All other pastors are inclined to be Persuade.
Another significant finding of the research is that the more conflict a pastor faces, the more likely he is to be Persuade in his conflict management style. The education of a pastor affected his conflict management style if he obtained a doctoral degree, making him more likely than any other group to be Persuade.
The research will be helpful to pastors to better understand who they are and how they respond to conflict. The research can serve as a resource for churches in leadership development. The research can provide valuable information for church pastor search committees. The committee could administer the survey to a prospective pastor, and together they could discuss his personality and conflict management style as it pertains to the needs of that church. The research can serve as a foundation for future research in this area.This item is only available to students and faculty of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. If you are not associated with SBTS, this dissertation may be purchased from http://disexpress.umi.com/dxweb or downloaded through ProQuest's Dissertation and Theses database if your institution subscribes to that service.
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Martin, Marlene Lorraine. "Spirituality, medical science and health : the spiritual effects of a sense of entitlement in the ministry of healing in the Christian Church". Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/13579.
Testo completoAbstract (sommario):
The human trait of entitlement, although currently very topical, has only recently come under serious scrutiny by behavioural psychologists (Campbell, Bonacci, Shelton, Exline & Bushman 2004:30). This study examines the modifying effects of these psychological elements on the spiritual aspects of disease and healing. Other modifiers are the personal spiritual beliefs or dogmas of the clergy within the paradigm of a particular denomination, and the beliefs and expectations of the adherents.
Two Christian denominations were chosen for the study: The Methodist Church of Southern Africa, in particular the home church of the writer, The Bedfordview Methodist Church, and Afmin, an organisation that trains and equips students, mainly African, for Christian ministry. Structured face to face interviews were conducted with pastors and church leaders, interviews with medical professionals were conducted and a wide ranging review of relevant literature undertaken.
It was found that while the trait of entitlement was a constant in human nature, there were modifying factors. These included the personal beliefs of pastors and youth leaders, often founded on personal experience instead of denominational dogma. The influence of Pentecostal / Charismatic teaching was very evident. It was also found that the church, in a drive to become increasingly relevant to current norms and social trends, tended to have a rather confused understanding of biblical healing and the role of God in disease and suffering.
While the inevitability of death, suffering and disease cannot be denied, the role of the church is complex and controversial. Unrealistic expectations, based on teaching that encourages a sense of entitlement can lead to great challenges regarding faith in both the clergy and adherents.Christian Spirituality, Church History & Missiology
D. Th. (Christian Spirituality)
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Stevenson, Neill Strangford. "A survey of the distribution of temperament types amongst ministers in the Presbyterian Church of Southern Africa as measured by the Keirsey Temperament Sorter II". Thesis, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/4394.
Testo completoAbstract (sommario):
Differences in psychological attitudes, functions, types and temperaments have been
shown to have significant effects on the functioning of Christian ministers and their
congregations. Knowledge of the distribution of these differences could facilitate
more specifically targeted education, training and development programmes for
ministers. In Post Academic Training programmes for ministers of the Presbyterian
Church of Southern Africa (PCSA), the assumption is made that the distribution of
attitudes, functions, types and temperaments among ministers of the PCSA is similar
to that among clergy from various denominations in the USA and Presbyterian
ministers in the USA. These results differed from the distribution of the general
population represented by those tested on the World-Wide-Web. In order to
investigate this assumption, a survey was conducted of the 310 ministers and
licensed probationers of the PCSA in South Africa using the Keirsey Temperaments
Sorter 11. There were 90 responses giving a response rate of 28.9%. As expected,
the distribution of psychological attitudes, functions, types and temperaments among
ministers of PCSA was different from the general population. Contrary to
expectations, it was also significantly different from clergy from various
denominations in the USA and Presbyterian ministers in the USA. The most notable
difference was with the Sensing-Judging (SJ) temperament, which was preferred almost twice as much by PCSA ministers (58%) than either of the other clergy groups (34% and 29%). The temperament next most strongly preferred by PCSA ministers
was Intuitive-Feeling (NF), although at 33% the distribution was similar to the other
clergy groups (41 % and 44%). The implications of these, and other, findings for
ministers, congregations and the education, training and development of ministers is
discussed in detail.Thesis (M.Th.)-University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 1999.