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Thomas, Donna. "Equipping leaders to facilitate spiritual, relational, and emotional healing in Healing care groups." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2006. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p028-0238.

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Thesis (D. Min.)--Ashland Theological Seminary, 2006.
Abstract. Includes copy of The healing Christ in community: equipping leaders to facilitate healing care in small group communities. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 220-224).

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Cabot, Roberta W. "Healing and deliverance in the church." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2007. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p028-0279.

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Thornton, William G. "A healing of memories ministry in a local church." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online, 2006. http://www.tren.com.

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Wimberly, Chlorine F. "Spiritual direction and domestic violence a journey towards healing /." Ashland, OH : Ashland Theological Seminary, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.2986/tren.028-0288.

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Strum, Richard I. "The healing of a church impacted by moral failure in spiritual leadership." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1992. http://www.tren.com.

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Graven, Richard A. "A holistic healing model of ministry for the Overton Church of God." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1987. http://www.tren.com.

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Kailie, Josef S. "Inner healing prayer in a small group experience." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online, 2005. http://www.tren.com.

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Kim, Yong Ha. "[Increasing faith through teaching about divine healing] /." Free full text of English translation is available to ORU patrons only; click to view:, 2006. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1268599451&sid=2&Fmt=2&clientId=456&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

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Lee, Il-Seung. "Enhancing the understanding of healing through a seminar /." Free full text is available to ORU patrons only; click to view:, 2004. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=813769271&sid=1&Fmt=2&clientId=456&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

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Jewell, Suk Cha. "The change of attitude about healing in Korean immigrant church /." Free full text is available to ORU patrons only; click to view:, 2005. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1014315071&Fmt=2&clientId=456&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

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Applied research project (D. Min.)--School of Theology and Missions, Oral Roberts University, 2005.
Includes abstract and vita. Translated from Korean. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 179-183).

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Pardue, Emily Annette. "The healing of dance." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online, 2005. http://www.tren.com.

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Shin, Soo Gill. "Experiencing inner healing through confession and prayer /." Free full text of English translastion is available to ORU patrons only; click to view:, 2006. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1268599501&sid=3&Fmt=2&clientId=456&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

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Barmer, Gregory C. "Designing worship that brings the healing of divine forgiveness to First Baptist Church, Washington, NC." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2002. http://www.tren.com.

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Lee, Myoung Jae. "Increasing the recognition of the healing ministry through teaching /." Free full text of English translation is available to ORU patrons only; click to view:, 2006. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1268599481&sid=1&Fmt=2&clientId=456&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

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Applied research project (D. Min.)--School of Theology and Missions, Oral Roberts University, 2006.
Includes abstract and vita. Translated from Korean. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 156-163).

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Ongley, Mark L. "The impact of training in inner healing for sexual brokenness upon attitudes toward homosexuals." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online, 2005. http://www.tren.com.

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Malia, Linda M. "One little word rethinking a place for deliverance and exorcism within the church's healing ministry /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1998. http://www.tren.com.

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Thomas, Marlin E. "A healing and spiritual growth ministry at the Emmanuel Mennonite Brethren Church, Onida, South Dakota a consultative interim ministry /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1988. http://www.tren.com.

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Kim, Yoon Oh. "Increasing the biblical knowledge of divine healing in a Korean Methodist church /." Free full text is available to ORU patrons only; click to view:, 2006. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1268599581&sid=1&Fmt=2&clientId=456&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

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Weegie, Korobi M. "Living with your memories a process for implementing peace-reconciliation and pastoral care and counseling ministries in post war Liberia in the Lutheran Church in Liberia /." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 1999. http://www.tren.com.

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Krause, James H. "Why do Mexican-American Lutherans in Corpus Christi seek the help of curanderos/curanderas?" Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1992. http://www.tren.com.

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Haokip, Konkhogin. "Increasing knowledge about divine healing within the leadership of an immigrant Asian Baptist church /." Free full text is available to ORU patrons only; click to view, 2007. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1798966341&sid=1&Fmt=2&clientId=456&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

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Kim, Hwan Hyen. "Increasing the knowledge about divine healing among pastor's wives in Korean immigrant churches /." Free full text is available to ORU patrons only; click to view:, 2006. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1268599431&sid=2&Fmt=2&clientId=456&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

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Applied research project (D. Min.)--School of Theology and Missions, Oral Roberts University, 2006.
Includes abstract and vita. Translated from Korean. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 215-221).

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Boyd, Barbara S. Griggs. "The pastor as preacher in the service for wholeness." Chicago, Ill : McCormick Theological Seminary, 1996. http://www.tren.com.

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Hatch, Dale R. "Training leaders and potential leaders as agents of Christ's healing in the life of local churches." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2006. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p028-0244.

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Lim, Seung Jin. "Dealing with depression within a Korean immigrant church /." Free full text is available to ORU patrons only; click to view:, 2003. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/oru/fullcit?p3112970.

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Applied research project (D. Min.)--School of Theology and Missions, Oral Roberts University, 2003.
Includes abstract and vita. Translated from Korean. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 187-194).

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Koch, George Byron. "Teaching healing prayer for the victims of sin." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online, 2003. http://www.tren.com.

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Durham, Brent. "The impact of the Wardle Structures of healing model on a discipleship model for men at Church of the Saviour in Wooster, Ohio." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online, 2005. http://www.tren.com.

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Teague, Benjamin C. "Falsely accused and the process of rebuilding one's life and ministry." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2006. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p054-0251.

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Kgwatalala, Gomotsang. "Health Seeking Behaviour among the People of the Africa Gospel Church in Francistown." Diss., 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1555.

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This research was stimulated by an indication that members of the Africa Gospel Church do not utilise professional health care services optimally, probably due to religious reasons. This may also be the result of registered nurses’ inability to render culture congruent care. To render culture congruent care, nurses require knowledge of the belief system and the health seeking behaviours of the church members. The qualitative research investigated the religious beliefs and health seeking behaviours of members of the Africa Gospel Church in Francistown, Botswana. An exploratory ethnonursing research method was applied. Semi-structured interviews were held with two purposively selected samples. Qualitative data analysis was done using computer software to reduce data and interpret the research results. The study indicated that members utilise the Church structure for health care purposes and seek health care mainly from priests and prophets.
Advanced Nursing Sciences
M.A. (Nursing Science)

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Matsepe, Shale Solomon. "The appropriation of African traditional healing by the Zionist Churches: a challenge to the mission churches in Gaborone ”Botswana”." Diss., 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/2038.

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The Zionist type of churches under the African Independent Churches have proven to be a force to be reckoned with against the more organized ecclesiastical movements (in particular the Mission Churches). This can be seen in their emphasis around matters related to culture and its methods of healing. As s result this led to the migration of people from the mission churches to these churches and threatened their existence in Botswana. The mission churches have been experiencing the decline in their membership to the Zionist churches because of the lack of openness to the cultural and the value systems of Batswana in Botswana. Mission churches were left with an option of doing introspection and finally acknowledging their failures to contextualise their theology and Christianity among the people they serving. Mission churches ended up opening their doors to the needs of their members.
Christian Spirituality, Church History and Missiology
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Born, Jacob Bryan. ""Worlds of the spirit" : exploring african spiritual and new pentecostal church relations in Botswana." Thesis, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/3306.

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Similar to other countries in southern Africa, the relationship between African Spiritual Churches and New Pentecostal Churches in Botswana has been characterized by considerable tension and mutual distrust. Although both movements highlight the third person of the Trinity, the Spirit of God, their followers view the world around them very differently. This study has investigated the relationship between these two types of churches by focusing on their efforts to produce unique ideologies of spiritual power in relation to the two major ideologies in the Botswana context, namely the reified Setswana worldview and the globalizing forces of Western modernity. In order to provide a careful analysis of the relationship between these movements, two churches from each group were chosen as representatives. The Hermon Church and Revelation Blessed Peace Church served as examples for the African Spiritual Churches, while Goodnews Ministries and Bible Life Ministries were the New Pentecostal subjects. Primary research methods included interviews with church leadership, questionnaires for members of each church and participant observation. Church origins, biblical hermeneutics, healing and deliverance rituals, and approaches to cultures and covenants formed the key areas of study. Creating unique “worlds of the Spirit” by means of innovative tactics, both types of churches seek to enable their followers to live well as they produce their contextualized ideologies of power. However, even though both movements lay claim to the Spirit of God as their source of power, the distinctive ideologies emerging from their sermons, technologies, rituals and symbols have brought them into conflict with one another. For African Spiritual Churches, the Spirit of God meets people in the midst of life’s struggles, providing healing and wholeness in all relationships. Their willingness to adopt certain elements of the reified Setswana worldview is a major issue in the conflict with New Pentecostal Churches. For New Pentecostals, the Spirit breaks all covenants made in the past, and empowers “born again” believers to succeed in a modern environment filled with opportunities and challenges. The key missiological concern of this study is to explore the unique efforts of these movements to contextualize the gospel message for Botswana.
Church Spirituality, Church History and Missiology
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Orapeleng, Galenakgosi. "Chastity among adult Seventh-Day Adventists in Botswana: a psycho-spiritual study." Thesis, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/620.

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Extra-marital affairs seem to be rampant among Seventh-day Adventist adult membership in Botswana. To determine the extent of the problem, to investigate the causative factors and to suggest ways in which individuals and families can be helped, has been the motivation for this study. It was discovered that 11.8% of married adults in the survey had at least one secret sexual partner, and 42.6% of singles had an illegal sexual partner(s). Seventh-day Adventist adults' sexuality in Botswana is characterized by hetero-sexual, multiple partners. Some of the contributing factors are economic, cultural and spiritual. Despite the prevailing influences, the majority of the adults (68%) still disagree with lax sexual behavior. This gives hope to work for their restoration and empowerment. Two key areas that were seen to be critical in empowering them were the family and spirituality. A psycho-spiritual program called, Harmonious Development, is being suggested for a systematic, educational, holistic and lifelong empowerment. This model is based on the psycho-educational theory developed by W.J. Schoeman for adult training.
SCH: HUM, SOC SCIENC & THEO
DTH (SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY)

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Born, Jacob Bryan. ""Promise of power" : an analysis of Bible Life Ministries in Botswana." Diss., 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/15547.

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Martin, Marlene Lorraine. "Spirituality, medical science and health : the spiritual effects of a sense of entitlement in the ministry of healing in the Christian Church." Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/13579.

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The human trait of entitlement, although currently very topical, has only recently come under serious scrutiny by behavioural psychologists (Campbell, Bonacci, Shelton, Exline & Bushman 2004:30). This study examines the modifying effects of these psychological elements on the spiritual aspects of disease and healing. Other modifiers are the personal spiritual beliefs or dogmas of the clergy within the paradigm of a particular denomination, and the beliefs and expectations of the adherents. Two Christian denominations were chosen for the study: The Methodist Church of Southern Africa, in particular the home church of the writer, The Bedfordview Methodist Church, and Afmin, an organisation that trains and equips students, mainly African, for Christian ministry. Structured face to face interviews were conducted with pastors and church leaders, interviews with medical professionals were conducted and a wide ranging review of relevant literature undertaken. It was found that while the trait of entitlement was a constant in human nature, there were modifying factors. These included the personal beliefs of pastors and youth leaders, often founded on personal experience instead of denominational dogma. The influence of Pentecostal / Charismatic teaching was very evident. It was also found that the church, in a drive to become increasingly relevant to current norms and social trends, tended to have a rather confused understanding of biblical healing and the role of God in disease and suffering. While the inevitability of death, suffering and disease cannot be denied, the role of the church is complex and controversial. Unrealistic expectations, based on teaching that encourages a sense of entitlement can lead to great challenges regarding faith in both the clergy and adherents.
Christian Spirituality, Church History & Missiology
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Tacheche, Nchangfu Florence. "Exploration of the healing ministry in the Presbyterian Church in Cameroon (PCC)." Thesis, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/24536.

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The renewal of interest in religious healing methods in the past few decades, in response to various perspectives of illnesses, is ‘blowing’ through the PCC-one of the reformed churches in Africa. There are two underlying assumptions in this project: the first is that sickness constitutes a major threat to good health and the second is that the ministry of healing in the PCC is not contextual in view of respecting and incorporating the cultural, social, religious beliefs and values of its people in the formation of meaningful healing ministry. The healing ministry of the Presbyterian Church in Cameroon is lacking in efficacy and essence because it does not make much meaning in the lives of the sick and their relatives. This project gives an overview of some of the causes of tensions that exist in the PCC concerning its ministry of healing. It critically analysis, interprets and discusses the empirical results of 26 (20 laity and six clergy) members of the Musang congregation alongside some theological reflections. The project explored and highlighted the importance of the traditional worldview regarding health, illness, healing and defines healing as the work of God and that it is imperative for the Church to focus on a more meaningful healing ministry that includes physical, spiritual, social and psychological aspects, thus healing needs to be holistic. Putting together the results of the literature review, the empirical research and the critical and theological reflections, the project suggests and affirms that there are theological, practical and socio-cultural reasons for the PCC to rethink, reformulate and reshape its healing ministry in the light of Jesus’ healing ministry. The project points out the theological, practical and cultural basis for a more meaningful ministry of healing within the PCC. These results reveal that the PCC has no choice but to embrace this emerging biblical healing ministry if it truly wants to remain faithful and in obedience to Jesus’ three but inseparable ministries of preaching, teaching and healing. Finally, the project proposes an integrated healing service as one of the ways towards a more practical and meaningful ministry of healing in the PCC at home and in the diaspora. Some objective comments and recommendations are also made.
Practical Theology
D. Th. (Practical Theology)

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Chanda, Victor. "The Word and the Spirit : epistemological issues in the faith, health and wealth movement in Zambia." Thesis, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/10548.

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The Faith Movement is a religious mosaic since it is a multi-layered phenomenon which is coloured by several themes. These themes represent several areas of emphasis like: Blessing and Blessings, Power to declare, Prophetic anointing, connecting with the anointing, dominion, success and increase, sowing the seeds, as well as other ideas which are still evolving. The Word of Faith teachers have a very unique way of reading the Bible. They usually approach the text without consideration of its historical and cultural context. When they approach the biblical text they usually assign to it an independent existence cut off from its natural context. This in turn results in the reinterpretation of all the major doctrines of the Christian faith. Both God and human beings belong to the same class of “divine beings.” God and human beings it is believed operate under the rule of faith. It is argued that whatever God created, God did so by speaking words of faith (see Genesis 1:1-3). It is therefore argued that human beings similarly can create their own reality and destiny by speaking words of faith.Christology and Pneumatology of the Faith Movement assume a rather narrow outlook. It is believed that Jesus Christ died so that in addition to the forgiveness of sins He provided for all spiritual and material needs of the people. Therefore, no Christian should be poor or sick. The Holy Spirit on the other hand, is the anointing that enables believers to make it in life. It must be pointed out that even though the Word of Faith ideas were exported to Africa mainly from the United States of America it has found a home in Africa. The concepts of blessings and curses have a corollary in African Religious Traditional thought. The role that Word of Faith preachers play is similar to the roles played by several religious experts in African Religious Thought. Ultimately, the Faith Movement is not based on sound theological and philosophical ground. It is based on unique reading of the Bible which is more esoteric than theological. More Gnostic than Christian.
Philosophy & Systematic Theology
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Grossklaus, Michael. "Free Church pastors in Germany : perceptions of spirit possession and mental illness." Thesis, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/22658.

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In many cultures and religions of the world the belief in transcendental realities, like God, the Devil and other benevolent and malevolent spirits are widespread. These realities are constructed in different ways, depending upon context. In light of the development Western industrial societies have undergone, it follows that the belief in transcendental realities may have given way to beliefs that are steeped more, in empiricism. However, understanding the belief in transcendental realities seems to be gaining renewed interest in various social science disciplines in light of the fact that claims of experiences of spirit possession are escalating. The implication this understanding has on the treatment a patient receives is likely to depend upon the training of the practitioner consulted. It follows that the experiences of patients who believe they are possessed by a spirit is as equally important to practitioners of psychology as it is to theologians. Psychologists would likely ascribe a spirit possession to a psychological experience; while theologians will attest to the presence of a spiritual illness. This project focussed on Free Church pastors in Germany and their perceptions of spirit possession and mental illness. To explore Free Church pastors understanding of spirit possession and mental illness is critical in light of the overlap of symptoms. Misdiagnosis may result in a client receiving treatment which may not be appropriate. Interviews with Free Church pastors were conducted. The results were analysed and 4 themes were identified. Based on these interviews conclusions could be drawn which ultimately made it clear that the German free church pastors’ theological training needs to be supplemented in the area of psychology and that the pastors are unable to cope in the area of ‘spirit possession or mental illness’
Psychology
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Lucas, Pamela Turnbull. "The spirituality of L'Arche and its potential in developing formation programs for people with learning disabilities." Diss., 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/2055.

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The aim of this study is to address the proposition that the spirituality of L'Arche has a great deal of potential to offer people with learning disabilities outside its own community setting. For chaplains who have the task of seeking to nurture and develop the spiritual lives of people with learning disabilities in schools, there exists the opportunity to draw out the fundamental characteristics of the spirituality of L'Arche and incorporate these into their own formation programs. The opportunity to be creative and imaginative in developing formation programs comes from within the context of legislation which requires schools to meet the spiritual needs of the children in their care.
Christian Spirituality
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Esterhuizen, Estelle Leonie. "Making meaning in anticipatory mourning : reflections by caregiving spouses of cancer patients." Diss., 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/3384.

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This insider research journey explores the meaning-making processes of female spousal caregivers in anticipatory mourning and the knowledges which they have gained in retrospect. The research traces the social constructions of meaning and how they influence the process of meaning-making. A phenomenological study was undertaken in which unstructured interviews were conducted with five bereaved participants, highlighting the unique way in which each woman made meaning of loss in anticipatory mourning. The main phenomenological themes to emerge from their meaning-making were: a) the significance of time; b) challenges and gifts; c) witnessing the decline; d) paradoxes; e) the significance of the spousal relationship; and f) spirituality. The therapeutic effect of telling the life story is explored in this study and the need for contextual pastoral care that is specific to the state of anticipatory mourning is highlighted. Finally, possibilities for co-constructive pastoral care are raised in the light of the research findings.
Practical Theology
M. Th. ( Practical Theology, with Specialisation in Pastoral Therapy)

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Landman, C. (Christina). "Doing narrative counselling in the context of township spiritualities." Thesis, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/2289.

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The study describes the counselling journey undertaken with 270 patients at the Family Medicine Clinic at Kalafong Hospital in Atteridgeville, Tshwane, between June 2000 and December 2003. Of these patients 75% were women, 74% were black and 97% Christian, with half of them belonging to born-again churches. A majority of the patients (52%) were unemployed and the others employed in minimum salary jobs. A third of the patients had attemped suicide at least once before, and a third had lost at least one close family member. With these patients a narrative pastoral counselling practice was established. Narrative counselling was practised as a MEET process in which the patients' problem-saturated stories were mapped and their problems externalised; they were empowered through the deconstruction of religious problem discourses, and their alternative stories were thickened by means of religious practices. This was a pastoral practice with a focus on religious discourses as problem discourses, and on the deconstruction of these discourses towards alternatives stories of faith. The first aim of the study was to describe the faces of religious problem discourses. They are (1) power discourses that hold patients captive in divinely sanctions hierarchies of gender and class, (2) body discourses that alienated patients from their bodies, (3) identity discourses that placed the religious identities of patients in conflict with their other identities, and (4) otherness discourses that created barriers between patients and God. The second aim of the study was to describe the externalised faces of the problems ruining the patients' lives. Here Losses, Loneliness and Lack of money were described as problems causing amongst patients feelings of worthlessness, depression, paralysis, body aches and many more. The third aim of the study was to describe the characteristics of the narrative pastoral counselling practice that has been established. This practice (1) negotiates healing between binaries such as Western/African, culture and dogma/lived experience; patient passivity/patient agency; (2) respects the indigenous knowledge of patients as it is embodied in township spiritualities; and (3) aims at introducing patients to a community of care as well as a new community of discourse where they can experience spiritual healing.
Practical Theology
D. Th. (Practical Theology)

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Fortuin, Philene. "Re-performing trauma making use of outsider witnessing : a pastoral narrative approach." Diss., 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/7040.

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The study focuses on women’s experiences of abuse resulting in trauma. This research performance was conducted within a practical theology framework guided by a de-centred participatory action research process. The study was conducted against a postmodern background and was informed by social construction discourse. Its aim was to explore whether and how narrative pastoral counselling using outsider witnessing could be helpful in finding new preferred ways of living, resulting in healing, resilience and hope for women who had experienced abuse and trauma. The outsider witness group explored practical ways of listening, observing and responding to the pain and suffering of others, resulting in a new performance of the self as valuable, competent, and enabling those who are witnessed to believe that they are survivors that have lived through and beyond the limited life span of abuse and trauma. The research report ends with a play, New Seasons, which is to be performed in front of live audiences in the course of 2012.
Practical Theology
M. Th. (Practical Theology with specialisation in Pastoral Therapy)

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McLachlan, Christine. "'Doing hope': mentoring with people doing care, working and dealing with trauma in a township in South Africa." Diss., 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/537.

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Working in a township is a challenging but also rewarding way of living. In this dissertation the researcher, in collaboration with the co-searchers, explore ways to mentor one another as they learn how to deal with trauma, either by experiencing trauma directly or witnessing secondary trauma. This leads to new ways of being 'in the moment', coping with trauma, forming a community of care and learning to be in an aware and empowered position. The responsibility of practical theology and the commitment to pastoral care are explored in the context of theology, and spesifically feminist theology, contributing to 'do hope' in Mamelodi.
Philosophy, Practical & Systematic Theology
M.Th. (Pastoral Therapy)

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Menn, Gerhard. "Die Begleitung von Schwerkranken und Sterbenden unter Berücksichtigung des Copingmodells von Richard S. Lazarus und dessen Bedeutung für die Seelsorgearbeit = Pastoral counselling of seriously ill and dying humans with regard to the "coping model" by Richard S. Lazarus and its significance for spiritual guidance." Thesis, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1626.

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Forschungsgegenstand dieser Arbeit ist das Bewältigungsverhalten von schwer kranken und sterbenden Menschen, die in einer Gesellschaft ihren bevorstehenden Tod bewältigen müssen, die ambivalent mit dieser Thematik umgeht. Die unterschiedlichen menschlichen Bewältigungsformen können mit den bisher gängigen Zugangswegen über Phasenmodelle nicht immer befriedigend erklärt werden. Hilfreich erscheint hier das aus der Stressforschung stammende Copingmodell von Richard S. Lazarus und seiner Forschungsgruppe, um Menschen verstehen zu lernen. In wieweit dieses Verstehensmodell aus einem säkularen Forschungszweig für die Seelsorgearbeit unterstützend sein kann, soll in dieser Arbeit geklärt werden. Als Grundlage dienen Seelsorgegespräche mit unterschiedlichen Menschen, die eine große Bandbreite an Bewältigungsverhalten demonstrierten. Die Herausforderung lag darin, Menschen in ihrem Sterben umfassend wahrzunehmen, um möglichst viele Impulse zu erkennen, die ihr Bewältigungsverhalten beeinflussten. Aus der Aufarbeitung dieses Verhaltens ergaben sich Perspektiven für die Begleitung sterbender Menschen. Dies hat gleichbedeutend Konsequenzen für den seelsorgerlichen Umgang mit Sterbenden. Das Wissen um das christlich-biblische Menschenbild und die umfassende Kenntnis der Copingforschung können sich durchaus gegenseitig befruchten, denn beide gehen auf die Individualität des Menschen ein und unterstützen ihn seinen eigenen Zugang zu seinem Leben und seinem Tod finden zu lassen. Dies führt letztlich zu einer intensiven Kommunikation zwischen Patient und Seelsorger, der den Mut und das Vertrauen haben darf, dem Sterbenden eigenständig sein Leben bewältigen zu lassen. Die Ansätze der Copingforschung bieten weitreichende Impulse für vielfältige seelsorgerliche Fragestellungen auch außerhalb der Sterbebegleitung. Object of research of this thesis is the specific behaviour of seriously ill and dying humans coping with their impending death and being members of a society having an ambivalent attitude towards death. People's different and individual ways of coping cannot always be sufficiently explained by the current use of phasing models. In this context the "Coping Model" by Richard S. Lazarus and his stress research group seems to be helpful in understanding dying humans. In how far this comprehension model from a secular branch of research can be supportive of pastoral counselling is the objective of this thesis. Counselling dialogues with different persons who show a wide range of coping form the basis of this research. The challenge of this paper was to observe and sense humans in their death experiences from a broader point of view in order to identify as much as possible kinds of impulses crucial to their coping behaviour. Analysing the behaviour of dying humans led to new perspectives on spiritual guidance. Tantamountly, this has its consequences for spiritual dealing with dying humans. The comprehension of the biblical Christian idea of man and a detailed knowledge of coping research can, by all means, be interactive and thus show positive results as both respond to a person's individuality and support them in their own ways of approach to life and death. Finally, this leads to an intensive dialogue between patient and pastor who can have the courage and the confidence in letting the person find his own way of coping. The different kinds of approach of the coping model research offer far-reaching impulses to various pastoral questions going even beyond terminal care.
Philosophy, Practical & Systematic Theology
D.Th. (Practical Theology)

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