Shattered dreams : pastoral care with parents following the death of a child

Biermann, Hugo Hendrik

dc.contributor.advisor	Kotzé, Dirk, 1950-	en
dc.contributor.advisor	Dreyer, J. S.	en
dc.contributor.author	Biermann, Hugo Hendrik	en
dc.date.accessioned	2009-08-25T10:52:59Z
dc.date.available	2009-08-25T10:52:59Z
dc.date.issued	2009-08-25T10:52:59Z
dc.date.submitted	2005-11-30	en
dc.identifier.citation	Biermann, Hugo Hendrik (2009) Shattered dreams : pastoral care with parents following the death of a child, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1436>	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1436
dc.description.abstract	This qualitative study focuses on the stories of a bereaved couple living with the death of two of their children. The effect of the children's death on the parents is explored, as well as the way in which the parents live with the death of their two sons. The stories of the bereaved couple show their courage and resilience in continuing with their lives, maintaining their bond with their deceased sons and trying to make meaning of their death. As a study in practical theology and pastoral care one aim of this study was to help transform the lives of the parents for the better. In one of the chapters of the research report a study of some literature on bereavement and the death of children is presented. Dominant cultural discourses about death, bereavement, grief and mourning are discussed, as well as voices protesting against these discourses.	en
dc.format.extent	1 online resource (99 leaves)
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.subject	Bereaved parents	en
dc.subject	Death of a child	en
dc.subject	Narrative therapy	en
dc.subject	Qualitative research	en
dc.subject	Practical theology and pastoral care	en
dc.subject	Dominant discourses about death	en
dc.subject	Effect of child's death on parents	en
dc.subject	Continuing bond with deceased child	en
dc.subject	Rituals and symbols	en
dc.subject	Theodicy	en
dc.subject.ddc	259.6
dc.subject.lcsh	Bereavement -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
dc.subject.lcsh	Children -- Death -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
dc.subject.lcsh	Children -- Death -- Psychological aspects
dc.subject.lcsh	Church work with the bereaved
dc.subject.lcsh	Narrative therapy
dc.subject.lcsh	Parents -- Pastoral counseling of
dc.title	Shattered dreams : pastoral care with parents following the death of a child	en
dc.type	Thesis	en
dc.description.department	Philosophy, Practical and Systematic Theology	en
dc.description.degree	M.Th. (Pastoral Therapy)	en