Abuse in the church? A social constructionist challenge to pastoral ministry

Visser, Rosemare Ann; Dreyer, Yolanda

dc.contributor.author	Visser, Rosemare Ann
dc.contributor.author	Dreyer, Yolanda
dc.date.accessioned	2013-10-22T10:41:02Z
dc.date.available	2013-10-22T10:41:02Z
dc.date.issued	2013-07-11
dc.description	This article represents a reworked version of aspects from the PhD dissertation (University of Pretoria, April 2013), entitled ‘Abuse in the church: An appeal and challenge to pastoral ministry’, with Prof. Dr Yolanda Dreyer as supervisor.	en
dc.description.abstract	The article focuses on abusive practices in the faith community. It indicates that abusive behaviour is more often than not unintentional and is ostensibly driven by a zeal for God and the church. The article explores this anomaly by examining the phenomenon of abuse in the faith community from a social constructionist, psychological, sociological and theological perspective. Pastoral ministry is challenged to foster self-reflexivity and awareness, as well as to revisit current (outdated) beliefs and practices, to test their suitability for the postmodern context in which the church is to tell and live her story.	en
dc.description.librarian	am2013	en
dc.description.librarian	mn2013
dc.description.uri	http://www.hts.org.za	en
dc.description.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23901	en
dc.identifier.citation	Visser, R.A. & Dreyer, Y., 2013, ‘Abuse in the church? A social constructionist challenge to pastoral ministry’, HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies 69(1), Art. #1939, 13 pages. http://dx.DOI.org/ 10.4102/hts.v69i1.1939	en
dc.identifier.issn	0259-9422 (print)
dc.identifier.issn	2072-8050 (online)
dc.identifier.other	10.4102/hts.v69i1.1939
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2263/32106
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	AOSIS Open Journals	en
dc.rights	© 2013. The Authors. Licensee: AOSIS OpenJournals. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License.	en
dc.subject	Abusive practices	en
dc.subject	Faith community	en
dc.subject	Pastoral ministry	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Christian ethics	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Church discipline	en
dc.title	Abuse in the church? A social constructionist challenge to pastoral ministry	en
dc.type	Article	en