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The marginalized stories of people who live in poverty : a pastoral narrative approach to community transformational development
Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2010.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/25345 The marginalized stories of people who live in poverty : a pastoral narrative approach to community transformational development Muller, Julian C. manyaka@telkomsa.net Manyaka, Semape Jacob Development Identity formation Poverty Narrative approach Postfoundationalism Social constructionism Postmodernism Transformation Church Co-researchers UCTD Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2010. In this research process, my objectives were as follows; firstly, to explore the relationship between identity formation and poverty and secondly to explore the role of the church in combating the effects of poverty in the lives of those who live in poverty stricken communities. A Narrative approach was used to gather data from the community. I listened to the stories of those people who live in poverty. Seven movements were used as the methodology for this research (Muller 2005:81-86). As a practical theologian, I positioned myself within postfoundationalist theology. In this position I avoided foundation epistemology which seeks the absolute truth as well as anti or nonfoundational epistemology which promotes relativism. As I mentioned earlier postfoundationalist practical theology is always thinking in a specific context and can also go beyond that specific context into interdisciplinary thinking. Starting from a specific context into an interdisciplinary context, we found that the concept of poverty has been described as a discourse meaning that it went from poverty as a lack of resources into linguistic, poverty as lack of capabilities or poverty being political. By taking multidimension method to eradicate poverty one needs to apply a multidimensions approach. The stories from Nellmapius affirmed that poverty influences identity formation. The following effects were identified: low self-esteem, stress, depression, lack of self-acceptance and hopelessness. The church has the capacity as the biggest membership and with the most awareness organization in most communities that has the attention of many people. The church is able to preach hope for people in what seems to be hopelessness and encourage the poor to rise out of their poverty. It can facilitate the poor and the government to work together to change their lives. Practical Theology unrestricted 2013-09-06T20:53:25Z 2011-06-15 2013-09-06T20:53:25Z 2011-04-08 2010 2011-06-08 Thesis Manyaka, SJ 2010, The marginalized stories of people who live in poverty : a pastoral narrative approach to community transformational development, PhD thesis, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/25345 > D11/175/ag http://hdl.handle.net/2263/25345 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-06082011-140856/ © 2010 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Development Identity formation Poverty Narrative approach Postfoundationalism Social constructionism Postmodernism Transformation Church Co-researchers UCTD The marginalized stories of people who live in poverty : a pastoral narrative approach to community transformational development |
| title | The marginalized stories of people who live in poverty : a pastoral narrative approach to community transformational development |
| title_full | The marginalized stories of people who live in poverty : a pastoral narrative approach to community transformational development |
| title_fullStr | The marginalized stories of people who live in poverty : a pastoral narrative approach to community transformational development |
| title_full_unstemmed | The marginalized stories of people who live in poverty : a pastoral narrative approach to community transformational development |
| title_short | The marginalized stories of people who live in poverty : a pastoral narrative approach to community transformational development |
| title_sort | marginalized stories of people who live in poverty a pastoral narrative approach to community transformational development |
| topic | Development Identity formation Poverty Narrative approach Postfoundationalism Social constructionism Postmodernism Transformation Church Co-researchers UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/25345 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-06082011-140856/ |