Practical theology as ‘healing of memories’: Critical reflections on a specific methodology

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies

 
 
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Title Practical theology as ‘healing of memories’: Critical reflections on a specific methodology
 
Creator Nell, Ian A.
 
Subject Practical theology; Methodology social drama; healing of memories; Victor Turner; narrative; liturgy
Description When developing new perspectives and paradigms for practical theology in South Africa, we obviously have to take our South African context seriously. We live in a post-conflict society in which gigantic sociocultural shifts have taken place since 1994. Many institutions and groups endeavour to address the conflict, injustices and pain of the past, including the Institute for the Healing of Memories (IHOM). The Institute makes use of a specific methodology in their workshops. Having participated in these workshops in congregational contexts as well as in the training of theological students, in this article I investigated the methodology of the Institute as a framework for new perspectives on practical theology in South Africa. Making use of Victor Turner’s theoretical construct of ‘social drama’ as one way of looking at the methodology of the IHOM, I reflected critically on the challenges that it poses to practical theology by making use of a ‘rhetorical frame’ and trying to delineate some constructive proposals for further reflections on practical theological paradigms and perspectives.
 
Publisher AOSIS
 
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Date 2011-07-19
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion — participatory action research
Format text/html application/epub+zip text/xml application/pdf
Identifier 10.4102/hts.v67i2.1001
 
Source HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies; Vol 67, No 2 (2011); 8 pages 2072-8050 0259-9422
 
Language eng
 
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Coverage South Africa — students; both sexes
Rights Copyright (c) 2011 Ian A. Nell https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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