Browsing by UP Author "Muller, Julian C."

Browsing by UP Author "Muller, Julian C."

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  • Om verbeeldingryk te lewe : verbeelding in die pastorale narratiewe terapie en die teologie van Walter Brueggemann 
    Muller, Julian C.; Louw, N.A. (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2002)
    The article focuses on the relevance of Walter Brueggemann’s work for the pastoral narrative therapeutic approach. The concept of imagination and its use in both pastoral narrative therapy and Brueggemann’s work are ...
  • (Outo)biografie as teologie 
    Muller, Julian C. (OpenJournals Publishing, 2011-11-04)
    This article provides a reflection on the relationship between (auto)biography and theology. This reflection is done with reference to, and in honour of the story of Theuns Dreyer. The author positions himself on the ...
  • Pastorale sorg aan homoseksuele persone en / of mense na aan hulle 
    Muller, Julian C.; Beyers, Jaco (Society for Practical Theology in South Africa, 2007)
    Pastoral care to homosexual persons and those close to them is discussed from the perspective of George Lindbeck's (1984) theological typologies. The cultural-linguistic model is emphasised, its links to narrative practice ...
  • Poetic song of Hester. Secondary infertility : losing infants, inheriting a child 
    Gravett, Ilse; Muller, Julian C. (OpenJournals Publishing, 2010-09)
    The aim of the article was to explore the narrative of Hester, a black South African woman, who is living with secondary infertility. The perspective is that of postfoundational practical theology, feminist theology and ...
  • Postfoundational practical theology for a time of transition 
    Muller, Julian C. (OpenJournals Publishing, 2011-06-07)
    In reflection on the question as to in what sense is our time a time of transition, the article explores the various transitions in epistemology, advocated by the scholars mentioned in brackets: • modern to postmodern • ...
  • The practical theologian as decentred but influential facilitator 
    Pienaar, Hendrik Elmo; Muller, Julian C. (AOSIS Open Journals, 2012-12-05)
    Since the 1970s along with the resurgence in practical philosophy new possibilities opened up in our understanding of the place for and purpose of practical theology. The repositioning of practical theology as a fully ...
  • Practical theology as part of the landscape of social sciences and humanities – a transversal perspective 
    Muller, Julian C. (AOSIS Open Journals, 2013-03-07)
    At the University of Pretoria the author, a practical theologian, experiences a fruitful soil for the development of an interdisciplinary process. He referred to concrete examples of cooperation, but used the article to ...
  • (Practical) theology : a story of doubt and imagination 
    Muller, Julian C. (AOSIS, 2023-04)
    Theology as a story of doubt and imagination is to be understood against the background of interdisciplinary social science and in contrast to the traditional paradigm of theology as a system of propositional certainty. ...
  • (Praktiese) Teologie : 'n verhaal van twyfel en verbeelding 
    Muller, Julian C.; De la Rey, Cheryl; University of Pretoria (University of Pretoria, 2012-10-31)
    Teologie as 'n verhaal van twyfel en verbeelding moet in teenstelling met die tradisionele benadering tot teologie as 'n stelsel van proposisionele sekerhede verstaan word. Twyfel en verbeelding is 'n onafskeidbare deel ...
  • Prediking aan die hand van die metafoor van fiksieskryf 
    Bosman, Lourens Lemmer; Muller, Julian C. (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2008-09)
    In this article the writers propose an alternative to modernistic linear and propositional ways of preaching. They argue that the context asks for preaching that is more in line with the dominant metaphors of the ...
  • Prediking as pastorale uitnodiging tot deelname : ‘n kultureel-linguistiese beskouing 
    Reinecke, Hannes; Muller, Julian C. (OpenJournals Publishing, 2010-08)
    As a practical theologian, the author of this article adopts a social-constructionist approach, namely Lindbeck’s cultural-linguistic method, which focuses on narratives and grammar as vehicles of identity, and individuals’ ...
  • Privilege, shame and new choices towards reconciliation. An autobiographical approach 
    Muller, Julian C. (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2005)
    A narrative and autobiographical approach is taken in this article in order to explore and explain reconciliation. In the process the concepts of privilege, shame and new choices, within a specific story, are taken as the ...
  • Religion, an obstacle to workplace spirituality and employee wellness? 
    Bester, Alan; Muller, Julian C. (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2017-11-27)
    A desperate need for employee wellness is echoed in work-related stories. Workplace spirituality is presented as an integral part of achieving and maintaining employee wellness. However, there is an observed gap of ...
  • Sexual abuse : a practical theological study, with an emphasis on learning from transdisciplinary research 
    Human, Heidi; Muller, Julian C. (OpenJournals Publishing, 2015-09-25)
    This article illustrates the practical usefulness of transdisciplinary work for practical theology by showing how input from an occupational therapist informed my understanding and interpretation of the story of Hannetjie, ...
  • A social-constructionist, narrative understanding of the church's morality on sex 
    Muller, Julian C.; Pienaar, Hendrik Elmo (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2003)
    This article can be described as a social constructionist, narrative understanding of a group of selected South African white Christians' experience and perceptions regarding sexual morality in the context of heterosexual ...
  • Spiritual narratives of female adolescent orphans affected by HIV and Aids and poverty 
    Loubser, Juanita; Meyer, Juanita; Muller, Julian C. (Society for Practical Theology in South Africa, 2007)
    HIV and Aids have been described as the worst epidemic the world has ever seen. It does not only take thousands of lives but it also deprives people of having a respectable life. This research is interested in what Aids ...
  • Spiritualiteit te midde van 'n kultuur van voorspoed. 'n Fokus op die Ooste van Pretoria 
    Muller, Julian C.; De Koker, W. (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2008)
    The eastern suburbs of Pretoria is a white, mainly Afrikaans speaking and Dutch Reformed community with a relatively high level of education and income and a mostly stable family life. Religion is important to most of the ...
  • Spirituality in narratives of meaning 
    Wessels, Francois; Muller, Julian C. (OpenJournals Publishing, 2013-01-13)
    This article forms part of a study which was inspired by the ever-growing need for significance expressed both by my life coaching and pastoral therapy clients as well as the need for existential meaning reported both ...
  • Stories about care : women in a historically disadvantaged community infected and/or affected by HIV/AIDS 
    Muller, Julian C.; Pienaar, Sunette (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2004-09)
    Black women in previously disadvantaged communities in South Africa carry the burden of triple oppression: (a) the social engineering policies synonymous with apartheid have marginalised women economically and socially; ...
  • The story of the Department of Practical Theology 
    Buchner, Elsje P.; Muller, Julian C. (OpenJournals Publishing, 2009)
    This article tells the story of the development of the Department of Practical Theology of the Faculty of Theology at the University of Pretoria. The story goes back to the start of the Faculty in 1938, although the ...