Abuse in the church? A social constructionist challenge to pastoral ministry
| 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 Pastoral ministry is challenged to foster self-reflexivity and awareness, as well as to revisit current (outdated) beliefs and practices, to test their suitability for the postmodern context in which the church is to tell and live her story.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 |