Scholtz, Eric2009-02-052009-02-052008Scholtz, E 2008, 'Diagnostiek as wetenskapsfiksie : 'n problematisering van pastorale diagnose', Practical Theology in South Africa = Praktiese Teologie in Suid-Afrika, vol. 23, no.1, pp. 155-173. [http://www.journals.co.za/ej/ejour_practheo.html]1010-8017http://hdl.handle.net/2263/8833The practice of pastoral diagnosis is subjected to critical reflection from a post structuralist perspective. Instead of generalised statements about pastoral diagnosis, the works of two South African pastoral theologians, Jan de Jongh van Arkel and Daniel Louw, are discussed. After a description of the structuralist/post-structuralist discourse and the implications thereof for diagnosis, the works of the two before mentioned theologians are scrutinised from a post-structuralist viewpoint.AfrikaansSociety for Practical Theology in South AfricaPastorale diagnosePastoral theologyPastoral counselingPostmodernism -- Religious aspectsDe Jongh van Arkel, JanLouw, DanielArticle