Die stories en storiemoontlikhede van christelike geloofstaal in `n dominant-gereformeerde geloofsgemeenskap
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Authors
Fourie, Jerry
Issue Date
2004-02
Type
Dissertation
Language
af
Keywords
Christian religious language , Reformed , Spirituality , Narrative , Therapy , Social discourse , Practical theology , Parkinson's disease , Qualitative research
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Abstract
Individuals can be deemed weaklings within the family relations by social discourse that claims that the value of a human being is measured by his productivity and mobility. Parkinson's disease in its turn has a paralysing effect on the mobility of the physical body. The above-mentioned social discourse on the one hand and Parkinson's disease on the other hand become a dominant story that "paralyses" the individual.
During research someone who has been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, related how she wrote an alternative story. This person, who practices a reformed spirituality, wrote an alternative story by using Christian faith language, which, in the end, halted the marginalising effect of Parkinson's disease.
In this study the concerned participant had the opportunity to share her genuine experiences and her application of Christian language of faith to manage Parkinson's disease.
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Text in Afrikaans
Citation
Fourie, Jerry (2004) Die stories en storiemoontlikhede van christelike geloofstaal in `n dominant-gereformeerde geloofsgemeenskap, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1005>