Practical Theology as part of the landscape of Social Sciences and Humanities – A transversal perspective

Muller, Julian C.

doi:10.4102/hts.v69i2.1299

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“…This study was carried out within the philosophical guidelines of narrative therapy (Besley 2002;Freedman & Combs 1996;Monk et al 1997) and a postfoundational practical theology (Müller 2006(Müller , 2009a(Müller , 2009b(Müller , 2013. This study was conducted in 2016 amongst white Afrikaansspeaking urban adolescents (male and female, aged 16-19) living in Pretoria-East, South Africa.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The importance of dialogue and listening is well documented by Müller (2013) as is racism in general by Blum (2002:4-5) and Yang (2000:144) as well as racism in South Africa after two decades from various perspectives by Baloyi (2018:2-3), Mashau (2018:1), Naidoo (2019:1-7), Ntombana and Bubulu (2017:1-10) and Vellem (2017:1). Because of our history in South Africa, we need to apply dialogical and listening skills regarding racism (see also Baloyi 2018:4).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Racism amongst white Afrikaner adolescents: The challenge of I-Thou (Buber) relations

Dyk

2020

HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies

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Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Racism amongst white Afrikaner adolescents: The challenge of I-Thou (Buber) relations

Dyk

2020

HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies

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“…The shifts in Müller (2013) are an example of this, creating the freedom to now retrieve and merge methodologies, in ways that can respond faithfully to the cries of one's context. Now it becomes possible to see the correlation between practical theology's descriptive, interpretative, normative and pragmatic tasks (Osmer 2008) and liberation theology's socio-analytical, hermeneutical and practical mediations (Boff & Boff 1987).…”

Section: Practical Theology Infiltrated By Liberation Theology and Mimetic Theory: Possibilities Of Liberating Practical Theologymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The intradisciplinary nature of practical theology, which allows the borrowing of concepts, methods and techniques from other disciplines (Müller 2013:2), opens the door for mimetic theory to enter into a conversation with practical theology. In addition, the interdisciplinary nature of practical theology and the methods, also from the social sciences, that it employs, can help and expand liberation theological analysis and discernment.…”

Section: Practical Theology Infiltrated By Liberation Theology and Mimetic Theory: Possibilities Of Liberating Practical Theologymentioning

confidence: 99%

A practical theology of liberation: Mimetic theory, liberation theology and practical theology

Ramirez

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2020

HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies

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In this article, the authors bring two personal journeys together: one author’s liberationist journey, sparked by a search for justice and liberation in the slums of Guatemala City, and the other’s lifelong commitment to practical theology and spatial justice in South Africa. A practical theology of liberation is the result of life experiences in countries of the Global South amidst the search for justice and liberation. The worlds that come together in this article are René Girard’s mimetic theory, liberation theology and practical theology. This article raises the question of the cross-contextuality of practical theology and the theological application of mimetic theory to develop innovative theological methodologies that respond to the collective woundedness of the urban context in the Global South.Contribution: The main contribution of this article is the use of three seemingly different theological approaches in conjunction. This article opens the door to inform practical theology with René Girard’s mimetic theory and liberation theology.

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“…Specifically, the choice was made to invite an occupational therapist because of her interest in and work with clients on a sensory level, using the theories of sensory integration and sensory intelligence (Ayers 2005;Bundy & Murray 2002;Lombard 2007) as a way to begin thinking about Hannetjie's sense of disembodiment. Furthermore, the choice to focus on the occupational therapist's input for this article was made to illustrate how valuable it can be to work with a person from a field that is quite divergent from practical theology -as opposed to psychology, which is familiar territory for most theologians (Müller 2013).…”

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Sexual abuse: A practical theological study, with an emphasis on learning from transdisciplinary research

Human

Muller

2015

HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies

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This article illustrates the practical usefulness of transdisciplinary work for practical theology by showing how input from an occupational therapist informed my understanding and interpretation of the story of Hannetjie, who had been sexually abused as a child. This forms part of a narrative practical theological research project into the spirituality of female adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse. Transdisciplinary work is useful to practical theologians, as it opens possibilities for learning about matters pastors have to face, but may not have knowledge about. A short retelling of Hannetjie’s story is given to provide information about the context of the research. Next, the transdisciplinary process that was followed is mentioned, and the questions that the transdisciplinary team had to respond to are discussed. Following that, I focus more specifically on the occupational therapist’s answers, and the knowledge gained from her contribution, as an example of how a co-researcher from a divergent discipline can inform a theological study. In this case, knowledge was shared about sensory integration and how the brain processes traumatic stimuli, such as sexual abuse. Lastly, the interrelationship between Hannetjie’s body stories, mind stories and spirit stories is discussed to show how the learning received from occupational therapy affected my thinking about Hannetjie’s stories and the relationships between them. Thus, it is concluded that transdisciplinary work has great value for practical theology, especially in the pastor’s daily work with people who are struggling with difficult stories, because we cannot listen to people’s spirit stories in isolation. They are inextricably intertwined with all our stories about ourselves.

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Practical Theology as part of the landscape of Social Sciences and Humanities – A transversal perspective

Cited by 10 publications

References 8 publications

Racism amongst white Afrikaner adolescents: The challenge of I-Thou (Buber) relations

Racism amongst white Afrikaner adolescents: The challenge of I-Thou (Buber) relations

A practical theology of liberation: Mimetic theory, liberation theology and practical theology

Sexual abuse: A practical theological study, with an emphasis on learning from transdisciplinary research

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