Browsing by Subject "Feminist theology"

Aspects of a biblical theology of womenhood

Patterson, Dorothy Jean Kelley (1997-12)

Caring with women married to Dutch Reformed clergymen: narratives of pain, survival and hope

Swart, Chené (2009-08-25)

The purpose of this research journey was twofold: (1) to investigate the ways in which the lives of women married to clergymen have been influenced by their position in the Dutch Reformed Church and (2) to collaboratively ...

A critique of feminist and egalitarian hermeneutics and exegesis : with special focus on Jesus' approach to women

Köstenberger, Margaret Elizabeth (2009-08-25)

The subject of the present dissertation is a critique of feminist hermeneutics and exegesis with special focus on Jesus' approach to women. The dissertation commences with a discussion of the topic's relevance and a ...

Die verhouding tussen gesag en sendingmotivering binne die Gereformeerde Kerke

Weyers, Mario (2009-08-25)

In this dissertation an attempt has been made to investigate the means by which God is at work in our world. The researcher has acted on the assumption that God rules in our world, but investigates the content of such a ...

'Doing hope': mentoring with people doing care, working and dealing with trauma in a township in South Africa

McLachlan, Christine (2009-08-25)

Working in a township is a challenging but also rewarding way of living. In this dissertation the researcher, in collaboration with the co-searchers, explore ways to mentor one another as they learn how to deal with trauma, ...

Ervaring van mag in konfessionele bybelse berading

Troskie, Mariza (2003-11)

I wanted to investigate the way people experienced confessional pastoral therapy by conducting a qualitative research study. The role of the pastor were examined as well as the effect of discourses of power and ethics in ...

Feminist pastoral care approach in deconstructing the effects of patriarchy on Basotho women's identities experiencing domestic violence in marital relations

Matsumunyane, Eliza Matsela (2014-06)

The study is concerned with deconstructing the effects of patriarchal discourses on the identities of women experiencing domestic violence in marital relationships. It is explored within a feminist pastoral care framework ...

A fully human spirituality : a gendered response to the HIV/AIDS pandemic for the South African church

Snyman, Desiree (2009-08-25)

The HIV/AIDS pandemic is a crisis for the South African government, society and Church. About sixty percent of the HIV population are in Sub Saharan Africa with women being three times more likely to be infected with HIV ...

A gender-critical approach to the Pauline material and the Zimbabwean context with specific reference to the position and role of women in selected denominations

Townshend, Patricia Olwyn (2008-02)

In this work I have used Pierre Bourdieu's concept of habitus as a springboard to examine the Pauline tradition in the light of Zimbabwe-African, cultural, legal and social attitudes to women. I have highlighted the ...

Hearing all the drums: towards a more inclusive congregation

Mongwe, Justice Mavanyisi (2009-08-25)

HEARING ALL THE DRUMS: TOWARDS A MORE INCLUSIVE CONGREGATION is about increasing the participation of women in positions of both leadership and church ministry praxis within the Seventh Day Adventist church in South ...

Honouring sacred spaces : voicing stories of terminal illness

Scrimgeour, Elizabeth (2002-11)

The marginalisation of palliative and pastoral care practices by conventional approaches to care for terminally ill patients, motivated the research curiosity. The significance of terminal patient's spirituality, their ...

A journey to healing: conversations of women survivors of sexual abuse

Gunter, Rianda (2009-08-25)

A journey to healing is a story of women survivors of sexual abuse. Through narrative pastoral conversations a group or community of concern was formed that witnessed how these women managed to move by re-telling from ...

The law in the theologies of Wingren and Reuther : a comparative study

Hess, Nancy Anne Olson (1995-11)

This thesis is a comparative study of the concept and role of the law in the theologies of Rosemary Radford Ruether and Gustaf Wingren. The analysis of their theologies shows that Wingren uses the law as a formal ...

"Lighting his way home" : pastoral conversations with a missing child's mother

Brink, Anna Margaretha (2009-08-25)

Missing children is one of the horrors that we are confronted with in today's society. The case study method, a feminist co-search methodology, is used to give a missing child's mother the opportunity to tell and re-tell ...

Narratives of relationships/marriages

Niehaus, Elonya (2009-08-25)

Religious and cultural discourses shape relationships/marriages. The constructed nature of relationships/marriages opens the possibility for alternative relational realities. Positioning relationships/marriages in ...

Participatory pastoral care and the transformation of society

Swart, Chene (2009-08-25)

A number of previous studies have examined lay counsellor training within a modernist paradigm. By contrast, this study collaboratively presents ways of training pastoral caregivers using a participatory approach to practical ...

Pastoral care and the challenge of poverty : when opening hearts and minds create possibilities in a marginalised school community

Hulme, Thérèse (2009-06)

In the „coloured‟ community of Scottsville in the Western Cape, the historical legacy of political violence and abuse, combined with the current social hierarchies of violence, control and abuse, have serious consequences ...

Patriarchy, feminism and Mary Daly : a systematic-theological enquiry into Daly's engagement with gender issues in Christian theology

Wood, Johanna Martina (2013-03-26)

The exposition of patriarchy and feminism in this thesis points toward the difficulty women experienced in the past, and in many cases still do, in their pursuit for equality in a male dominated society. Without feminists’ ...

The possible influence of crucial Pauline texts on the role of women in the Nkhoma synod of the Central African Presbyterian Church

Gondwe, Hawkins Chepah Tom (2009-11)

In the Central African Presbyterian Church (C.C.A.P.) women are marginalised in its synods. The Nkhoma Synod has taken the strictest measures in marginalising women in the sense that, unlike the other synods, at the time ...

Reconstructing rainbows in a remarried family : narratives of a diverse group of female adolescents 'doing family' after divorce

Botha, Carolina Stephanusina (2009-08-25)

This research journey investigated the ways in which (1) the lives of adolescents have been influenced by parental divorce and subsequent remarriage, (2) exploring the relationships participants have with biological, ...

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