An emerging ethnographic grounded theory of moral-soul injury: Perspectives of former activists of the liberation struggle in South Africa

Verbum et Ecclesia

 
 
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Title An emerging ethnographic grounded theory of moral-soul injury: Perspectives of former activists of the liberation struggle in South Africa
 
Creator Dames, Gordon E.
 
Subject Practical Theology; Pastoral Care and Counseling; Psychology; Ethnographic; Grounded Theory Research. trauma; moral injury; soul injury; ethnographic grounded theory; socio-political; coding analysis; liberation struggle; South Africa.
Description This article presents the second cycle coding of the research on the ethnographic grounded theory of moral and soul injury. The research problem pertains to the question: What is the consequence of the trauma or moral injury being inflicted upon ordinary South African citizens as a result of socio-political hegemonic systems? The ethnographic grounded theory and coding as an analytical method informed and guided the research project. The research sample consists of 11 former liberation activists and 11 third-year students at a South African university. Effective and theoretical coding shaped the final analysis of the various codes.Intradisciplinary and/or interdisciplinary implications: The research result reveals a high level of moral- and soul-injurious trauma in South Africa.
 
Publisher AOSIS
 
Contributor Gordon E Dames College of Human Sciences, UNISA NRF
Date 2026-01-28
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion — Ethnographic Grounded Theory Research; Internet interview; Coding analysis; Atlas ti. 25
Format text/html application/epub+zip text/xml application/pdf
Identifier 10.4102/ve.v47i1.3644
 
Source Verbum et Ecclesia; Vol 47, No 1 (2026); 15 pages 2074-7705 1609-9982
 
Language eng
 
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Coverage South Africa South Africa pre-and-post 1994. 65-75; Male; South Africans
Rights Copyright (c) 2026 Gordon E. Dames https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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