The ‘persona’ lives of Roman Catholic priests

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies

 
 
Field Value
 
Title The ‘persona’ lives of Roman Catholic priests
 
Creator Juma, James O. du Toit, Danie van der Merwe, Karen
 
Subject — anima/animus; individuation; persona; shadow; worldviews
Description This study aimed to provide an in-depth description and interpretation of African Roman Catholic Church priests’ experiences integrating African and Western worldviews into their lives and works as Roman Catholic Church priests through the lens of Jungian constructs. Fifteen African priests were purposely selected and interviewed in depth. Additional sources of data were reflexive notes and observation notes. Data were subjected to various iterative cycles of analysis. Most participants (80%) indicated that, in one way or another, they were experiencing conflict in terms of the cultural values of manhood and Roman Catholic Church prescription. Findings suggest that a more concerted and serious effort should be undertaken by the Roman Catholic Church to support and guide its priests on a path of healing, which includes the priests risking cultural openness and being true to themselves and God.
 
Publisher AOSIS
 
Contributor
Date 2018-10-16
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion — Interview
Format text/html application/epub+zip application/xml application/pdf
Identifier 10.4102/hts.v74i2.4826
 
Source HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies; Vol 74, No 2 (2018); 9 pages 2072-8050 0259-9422
 
Language eng
 
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https://hts.org.za/index.php/hts/article/view/4826/11807 https://hts.org.za/index.php/hts/article/view/4826/11806 https://hts.org.za/index.php/hts/article/view/4826/11808 https://hts.org.za/index.php/hts/article/view/4826/11805
 
Coverage Africa — 30+; Male; Black African
Rights Copyright (c) 2018 James O. Juma, Danie du Toit, Karen van der Merwe https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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