Joining the Slow Pilgrimage in a Second Holy Week in Autumn: A Theopoetics from the Ars Moriendi.
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Cas Wepener
Abstract
The article is a response to Heather Walton’s IAPT presidential address titled “A Theopoetics of Practice – Re-forming in Practical Theology.” Practices examined in this article are rituals and caring related to death and dying in literature. By making use of Ronald Grimes’ so-called fictive ritual the portrayal of rituals and caring in novels by the Afrikaans novelist Karel Schoeman are examined. As a response to Walton’s address, a theopoetics is developed from the ars moriendi in the work of Schoeman.
Zusammenfassung
Dieser Aufsatz antwortet auf Heather Waltons „Presidential Address“ an die IAPT von 2017. Anhand von Belletristik thematisiert er Rituale und Fürsorgepraktiken im Umfeld von Tod und Sterben. Genauer werden mithilfe des Konzepts eines „fiktiven Rituals“ (Ronald Grimes) die Romane des afrikaanssprachigen Autoren Karel Schoeman untersucht. In Antwort auf Walton und ausgehend von der ars moriendi in Schoemans Œuvre entwickelt der Aufsatz eine eigene Theopoetik.
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- Frontmatter
- Frontmatter
- Editorial
- Research Articles
- A Theopoetics of Practice: Re-forming in Practical Theology
- Theopoetics as Response to Suffering: the Visual Art of Käthe Kollwitz in the Reformation of Practical Theodicy
- Poetic License
- Joining the Slow Pilgrimage in a Second Holy Week in Autumn: A Theopoetics from the Ars Moriendi.
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- Research Report
- We’re all “Bananas and Coconuts”: Congregational Song in the Global South
- Book Reviews
- Tapiwa N. Mucherera and Emmanuel Y. Lartey (eds), Pastoral Care, Health, Healing, and Wholeness in African Contexts: Methodology, Context, and Issues – African Practical Theology, Vol. 1 (Oregon: Wipf & Stock, 2017), 137pp, ISBN: 978-1-4982-2188-7.
- Emmanuel Katongole, Born from Lament: The Theology and Politics of Hope in Africa, Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans Publishing, 2017, 294 pp., ISBN 9780802874244, $30.
Articles in the same Issue
- Frontmatter
- Frontmatter
- Editorial
- Research Articles
- A Theopoetics of Practice: Re-forming in Practical Theology
- Theopoetics as Response to Suffering: the Visual Art of Käthe Kollwitz in the Reformation of Practical Theodicy
- Poetic License
- Joining the Slow Pilgrimage in a Second Holy Week in Autumn: A Theopoetics from the Ars Moriendi.
- What’s the Buzz? Celebrity Worship and Fandom Experiences of Ted Neeley (Jesus Christ Superstar)
- Heimat im Offenen?
- Von Fall zu Fall
- International Report
- Practical Theology in Africa: Situation, Approaches, Framework and Agenda Proposition
- Research Report
- We’re all “Bananas and Coconuts”: Congregational Song in the Global South
- Book Reviews
- Tapiwa N. Mucherera and Emmanuel Y. Lartey (eds), Pastoral Care, Health, Healing, and Wholeness in African Contexts: Methodology, Context, and Issues – African Practical Theology, Vol. 1 (Oregon: Wipf & Stock, 2017), 137pp, ISBN: 978-1-4982-2188-7.
- Emmanuel Katongole, Born from Lament: The Theology and Politics of Hope in Africa, Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans Publishing, 2017, 294 pp., ISBN 9780802874244, $30.
