Dreyer, T.F.J. (Theunis Frederik Jacobus), 1946-2012-01-202012-01-201995Dreyer, TFJ 1995, 'Implikasies van die kommunikatiewe handelingsteorie vir 'n prakties-teologiese perspektief op die ekklesiologie', HTS Teologiese Studies/ Theological Studies, vol. 51, no. 3, pp. 792-805.0259-9422 (print)http://hdl.handle.net/2263/17855Spine cut of Journal binding and pages scanned on flatbed EPSON Expression 10000 XL; 400dpi; text/lineart - black and white - stored to Tiff Derivation: Abbyy Fine Reader v.9 work with PNG-format (black and white); Photoshop CS3; Adobe Acrobat v.9 Web display format PDFFrom a practical theological perspective, this article disputes the trend in present ecclesiastical thought, abstracting a model depicting the practical functioning of the church, which is based on a single biblical metaphor. The body-of-Christ metaphor is commonly used as a church model. The eagerness to implement this construct is inspired by a paradigm shift and the incorporation of the communicative actions theory at the level of meta-theory. The hypothesis of this research is that, once the matrix of this meta-theory has been clearly identified, it must be applied to the aspects of church life. All the biblical metaphors shedding light on the functioning of the church need re-interpretation within the framework of a postmodern society and symmetrical communicative patterns. This way of constructing an ecclesiastical perspective, would lead to a more balanced church praxis.14 pagesPDFAfrikaansFaculty of Theology, University of PretoriaMetaphor in the BibleChristian unionChurch -- PsycholinguisticsArticle