Religion, identity, and pastoral care : gender related perspectives of reality. A quest for method

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dc.contributor.advisorCumpsty, John Sen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorNixon, Marionen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-10-14T12:34:07Z
dc.date.available2015-10-14T12:34:07Z
dc.date.issued1994en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographies.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractMy study investigates the possibility of gender preference for the possible paradigms of reality established in Cumpsty's theory of religion. According to him there are three possible paradigms for the nature of the ultimately-real to which one would belong. These generate three ideal types of religious tradition he has labelled Nature Religion (NR), Withdrawal Religion, and Secular World Affirming Religion (SWAR). These labels reflect the adherents' understanding of and engagement with their immediate 'world-out-there'. Using CUmpsty's general theory of religion and writers on feminine identity, I explored the theoretical relationship between paradigms for reality and gender. This indicated a theoretical preference for NR by women within a SWAR dominated western culture. I then report field studies in which instruments were tested which were themselves intended to test the existence of the relationship between paradigms of reality and gender.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationNixon, M. (1994). <i>Religion, identity, and pastoral care : gender related perspectives of reality. A quest for method</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Religious Studies. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14240en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationNixon, Marion. <i>"Religion, identity, and pastoral care : gender related perspectives of reality. A quest for method."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Religious Studies, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14240en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationNixon, M. 1994. Religion, identity, and pastoral care : gender related perspectives of reality. A quest for method. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Nixon, Marion AB - My study investigates the possibility of gender preference for the possible paradigms of reality established in Cumpsty's theory of religion. According to him there are three possible paradigms for the nature of the ultimately-real to which one would belong. These generate three ideal types of religious tradition he has labelled Nature Religion (NR), Withdrawal Religion, and Secular World Affirming Religion (SWAR). These labels reflect the adherents' understanding of and engagement with their immediate 'world-out-there'. Using CUmpsty's general theory of religion and writers on feminine identity, I explored the theoretical relationship between paradigms for reality and gender. This indicated a theoretical preference for NR by women within a SWAR dominated western culture. I then report field studies in which instruments were tested which were themselves intended to test the existence of the relationship between paradigms of reality and gender. DA - 1994 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 1994 T1 - Religion, identity, and pastoral care : gender related perspectives of reality. A quest for method TI - Religion, identity, and pastoral care : gender related perspectives of reality. A quest for method UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14240 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/14240
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationNixon M. Religion, identity, and pastoral care : gender related perspectives of reality. A quest for method. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Religious Studies, 1994 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14240en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Religious Studiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherReligious Studiesen_ZA
dc.titleReligion, identity, and pastoral care : gender related perspectives of reality. A quest for methoden_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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