Empirical research and congregational analysis : some methodological guidelines for the South African context

dc.contributor.authorNel, Malan
dc.contributor.authorSchoeman, W.J.
dc.contributor.emailmalannel@up.ac.zaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2016-02-16T09:55:36Z
dc.date.available2016-02-16T09:55:36Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.descriptionPart of this article was delivered by the authors as a paper (“Empirical and contextual congegrational analysis – meeting social and divine desires”) at the IAPT conference at the Vrije Universiteit university in Amsterdam on 21-26 July 2011.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractEmpirical research is an inescapable part of responsible congregational analysis. The first question pertains to the value and contribution that empirical research has made to the process of congregational analysis. This article will briefly refer to such contributions. Such analysis can be approached from many different angles and in many different ways. The question remains: Which principles and guidelines should be taken into account when we do such an analysis? On top of all of this is the challenge to do it within the South African context. What should a congregational analysis which will help South African congregations look like? In the search for some methodological guidelines for congregational analysis for the South African context there will, firstly, be a discussion of a number of theological points of departure for a congregational analysis. Following on that will be the methodological guidelines for congregational analysis and, thirdly, guidelines for the South African context will be discussed. The argument in the article ends with a critical reflection of the markers discussed, and a look at the road ahead. Empirical research is an inescapable part of responsible congregational analysis. The first question pertains to the value and contribution that empirical research has made to the process of congregational analysis.en_ZA
dc.description.librarianam2015en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://www.ufs.ac.za/ActaTheologicaen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationNel, M & Schoeman, WJ 2015, 'Empirical research and congregational analysis : some methodological guidelines for the South African context', Acta Theologica, sp. 22, pp. 85-102.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn1015-8758
dc.identifier.other10.4314/actat.v21i1.7S
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/51409
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherUniversity of the Free State, Faculty of Theologyen_ZA
dc.rights© UV/UFSen_ZA
dc.subjectCongregational analysisen_ZA
dc.subjectEmpirical researchen_ZA
dc.subjectMethodologyen_ZA
dc.subjectContextualen_ZA
dc.subjectGemeente analiseen_ZA
dc.subjectEmpiriese navorsingen_ZA
dc.subjectMetodologieen_ZA
dc.subjectKontekstueelen_ZA
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dc.titleEmpirical research and congregational analysis : some methodological guidelines for the South African contexten_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA

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