Honouring sacred spaces : voicing stories of terminal illness

• Main Author: Scrimgeour, Elizabeth
• Other Authors: Dreyer, J. S.
• Format: Others
• Language: en
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: Palliative care; Feminist theology; Dualism; Marginalisation; Pastoral care; Narrative pastoral therapy; Patriarchy; Grace; Holism; Choice; Meaning-making; Doing hope; Ethical care; Relationship; Interconnectedness; Languaging; Sacred spaces; Storytelling; Community; Deconstruction; Terminally ill > Religious life; Terminal care > Religious aspects; Death > Religious aspects; Palliative treatment > Religious aspects; Church work with the terminally ill; Narrative therapy
• Online Access: Scrimgeour, Elizabeth (2002) Honouring sacred spaces : voicing stories of terminal illness, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/892>; http://hdl.handle.net/10500/892

The marginalisation of palliative and pastoral care practices by conventional approaches to care for terminally ill patients, motivated the research curiosity. The significance of terminal patient's spirituality, their language practices and communities of concern are endorsed as being the major contributing factor to meaningful 'living' with terminal illness. Listening to stories has been the qualitative research practice, revealing meaning-making, quest stories. Feminist theology and post-modern ideas and discourses have assisted me, and the participants, in the deconstruction of power, patriarchy and dualism as the primary contributing factors to marginalisation of people due to illness, race, gender, poverty, culture and education. Pastoral care practices and feminist theology have guided us to emphasise the necessity to recognise the God of Grace as an important part to ensuring holistic patient care. Recognising the 'God-Self, respectful narrative and pastoral care practices paved the way to honour sacred spaces and voice stories of terminal illness. === Philosophy, Practical and Systematic Theology === M.Th (Specialisation Pastoral Therapy)