Thesis (MTh) -- Stellenbosch University, 1996.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Grief pastorate often has the shortcoming where the ministry strategy focuses
more on short term involvement than a long term accompaniment. The
minister's involvement necessarily focuses on the crisis around the initial
shock phase.
The duration of the grief process is hardly predictable. The pastor must
therefore follow a long term approach. This long term approach must set
about in earnest with the interdependence of the grief process on the one
hand and on the other hand a growth process. Such an approach can be
characterised as a pastoral growth model where Clinebell's growth model is
used as the basis.
The aim of this pastoral growth model is the development of spirituality.
Spirituality is understood as the total human life in communion with God and
that includes the following aspects: Identity, intimacy, sinfulness, lordship,
mortality, holiness and commitment. Through the holistic character of
spirituality the mourner is addressed in totality- in his or her total humanness.
This eliminates the danger where the pastorate is guilty, on the one hand of
emphasis of the spiritual aspect, on the other hand the human aspect of man.
A pastoral growth model for the development of spirituality during grief is a
comprehensive, well-grounded pastoral model which could be made use of
successfully during grief pastorate.AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Rousmartpastoraat het dikwels die tekortkoming dat die bedieningstrategie
meer op korttemyn betrokkenheid ingestel is as op 'n langtermyn
begeleidingsproses. Die predikant se betrokkenheid fokus hoofsaaklik op die
krisis random die aanvanklike skokfase.
Die duur van die rouproses is moeilik voorspelbaar. Die pastor moet daarom
'n langtermyn benadering volg. Hierdie langtermyn benadering moet erns
maak met die interafhanklikheid van enersyds die rouproses en andersyds 'n
groeiproses. So 'n benadering kan tipeer word as 'n pastorale groeimodel
waar Clinebell se groeimodel as basis gebruik word.
Die doelstelling van hierdie pastorale groeimodel is die ontwikkeling van
spiritualiteit. Spiritualiteit word verstaan as die totale menslike lewe in
gemeenskap met God en dit sluit die volgende aspekte in: ldentiteit,
intimiteit, sondigheid, heerskappy, sterflikheid, heiligheid en verbondenheid.
Vanweë die holistiese karakter van spiritualiteit word die treurende in geheel
aangespreek- in sy of haar totale menswees. Dit skakel die gevaar uit dat
die pastoraat skuldig kan wees aan ‘n beklemtoning van enersyds die
geestelike aspek of andersyds die menslike aspek van die mens.
'n Pastorale groeimodel vir die ontwikkeling van spiritualiteit tydens rousmart
is 'n omvattende, begronde pastorale model wat met groot vrug gebruik kan
word tydens rousmartpastoraat