R R Ganzevoort
Biographic Data
| ID | 4689815 |
|---|---|
| NAME | R R Ganzevoort |
| GIVEN NAMES | R R |
| FAMILY NAME | Ganzevoort |
| SIGNATURE | GANZEVOORT R R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3395-1497 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 26 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 26 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The fragile spirituality of parents whose children died in the pediatric intensive care unit
Spiritual care is recognized as a relevant dimension of health care. In the context of pediatric palliative end-of-life care, spirituality entails more than adhering to a spiritual worldview or religion. Interviews with parents whose critically ill child died in the pediatric intensive care unit revealed features of a spirituality that is fragmentary and full of contradictions. This type of spirituality, which we refer to as fragile, speaks of pa…
Transcending the Suffering in Cancer
In the confrontation with cancer, spiritual re-evaluation may help people to transform all-encompassing suffering into spiritual growth and psycho-spiritual wellbeing. The aim of this study was to examine whether spiritual life review (SLR), a semi-structured group narrative intervention that supports people with cancer to write and present their spiritual life story, is effective for the improvement of spiritual re-evaluation, spiritual growth, …
Addressing the spiritual domain in a plural society
This study aims to rethink the integration of spiritual care into healthcare in spiritually plural societies. Based on a systematic review of the theoretical literature, we analysed 74 studies and distinguish four positions regarding the integration of spiritual care into healthcare: generalist-particularists who see the spiritual domain as a field to be addressed by all professional caregivers and in which caregivers’ own spiritual orientations …
The storyscapes of teenage pregnancy. On morality, embodiment, and narrative agency
Young women tell different stories about teenage pregnancies. Their stories are embedded in the storyscape of their environment, which offers a limited set of narratives. Normative discourses influence the stories young women tell about their pregnancies. Social norms and stigma play an important role in the construction of the meaning of teenage pregnancies. However, the embodiment of being pregnant constitutes meaning as well. This paper draws …
Navigating Identities
Young people who discover their sexual attraction to people of the same sex often go through a period of ambivalence or distress, especially when they grow up in an environment that condemns homosexuality. The Dutch sociopolitical context makes the expression of same-sex desires among those with non-Dutch roots even more complicated and risky, as prevailing schemes of interpretation render the two identities incompatible. This study explores the …
The Interplay of Religious and Sexual Nationalisms in Central and Eastern Europe
Religious and Sexual Nationalisms in Central and Eastern Europe
Religious and Sexual Nationalisms in Central and Eastern Europe: Gods, Gays, and Governments. presents case studies from some ten countries that serve to explore the ways in which religion, nationalism, and (homo)sexuality intersect in public discourse. It shows how religious leaders, political and social movements, LGBT-organizations, governments, and media negotiate the powers of religion and state in taking position regarding sexual diversity.…
Lived religion
Taking the case of“spiritual gardening”as a starting point, this paper reflects on praxis as the object of practical theology. Praxis is understood as the domain of lived religion and focuses on what people do rather than on official institutionalized religious traditions. Praxis refers to fields of practices like care or community building and to the patterned configurations of action, xperience, and meaning. In pluralized, secularized, and dein…
Teaching Spiritual Care in an Interfaith Context
This article discusses the possibilities of teaching spiritual care in an interfaith context, notably in the Netherlands. It first explores the background processes of deinstitutionalization and pluralization, resulting in a fragmented religious landscape. The change in nomenclature from pastoral care to spiritual care in part reflects these changes. The middle part of the article describes key features of spiritual care from different traditions…
Anonymous Pastoral Care for Problems Pertaining to Sexuality
Religious Stories We Live By
This is the introductory chapter presents an overview of how the other chapters in the book are organized. The book contains four sections: biblical studies, empirical studies, systematic studies and historical studies. The first section focuses on the Old Testament, novel Cain , which is a gruesome story of gang rape, and the women in the Samson narratives. The second section deals with personal stories and the (religious) identities people cons…
Reading Robert and beyond
This article seeks to contribute to the understanding of what is at stake in counselling religious male victims of sexual abuse. We analyse the narrative of Robert , a sexually abused Roman Catholic man who later committed suicide. We focus on issues that concern many sexually abused males, such as talking and relationships, agency and responsibility, emotions of guilt, shame and anger, sexual identity, God-talk and God-images. In terms of a tria…
Addiction and Spiritual Transformation. An Empirical Study on Narratives of Recovering Addicts’ Conversion Testimonies in Dutch and Serbian Contexts
The article examines how recovering drug addicts employ testimonies of conversion and addiction to develop and sustain personal identity and create meaning from varied experiences in life. Drawing on 31 autobiographies of recovering drug addicts we analyze conversion and addiction testimonies in two European contexts (Serbia and the Netherlands, including a sample of immigrants). The analysis shows how existing frames of reference and self-unders…
Growing up gay and religious. Conflict, dialogue, and religious identity strategies
Homosexuality has become a divisive issue in many religious communities. Partly because of that, individuals growing up in such a community and experiencing same sex attractions need to negotiate the messages about homosexuality with their own experiences. This paper explores the identity strategies of religious communities as the background of individual identity struggles. Following a discussion of Bauman's grammars of identity/alterity, it des…
Minding the Wisdom of Ages
This essay reflects on the nature and specific challenges of pastoral care for the elderly in a narrative perspective. Locating pastoral care at the interface of care for the human story and care for the stories of God, the paper explores the narrative challenges of old age and the ways in which narratives from the religious tradition can be brought into conversation with these narratives of individual lives. The paper starts by describing how we…
Scars and Stigmata
This paper reflects on the interaction between trauma and identity using the metaphors of scars and stigmata. Two different attitudes toward trauma are described that need to be connected dialectically. The first sees trauma as an "alien" intrusion that calls for resistance. The latter sees trauma as integral to identity development. Implications for theological reflection are sketched
Spreken is zilver, horen is goud - Over de preek als Woord van God
The connection of the sermon and the word of God has been a topic of much debate. This paper explores the significance and problematic aspects of the understanding of the sermon as a word of God. The Barthian notion that we have to speak God’ s word yet are unable to do so offers a dialectic interpretation that leaves the preacher and the congregation vulnerable. The problem lies, according to this paper, not so much in connecting the sermon and …
Receptivity and the Nature of Religion
Responding to Neyrinck & Hutsebaut and to Van Uden, Pieper & Alma (both in this edition), the author addresses the topic of receptivity, a religious coping style that does not involve a personal view of God. Although Neyrinck & Hutsebaut focus on receptivity in relation to religious styles and Van Uden, Pieper & Alma deal with receptivity and coping, both research teams note that in the secularized context of the Netherlands religious coping conc…
Wysiwyg
Working in a social constructionist framework, the author describes practical theology as a multi-conversational discipline. In each conversation (with systematic and biblical theology, with other academic disciplines, and with the church and society) specific demands are placed on discourse, governed by specific criteria for truth claims. In these conversations, two levels of discourse are distinguished. First order discourse consists of ordinar…
Common themes and structures in male victims' stories of religion and sexual abuse
This paper presents some outcomes of research on the narrative construction of religion and sexual abuse in male victims. Twelve open biographic interviews with adult male survivors of childhood sexual abuse have been analysed for content and structure. Three narrative themes were identified to appear in all interviews: distance/proximity, power/powerlessness and guilt/innocence. Using statistical methods (correlations and cluster analysis), the …
Les dynamiques du pouvoir entre violence et justice
Cet article présente un modèle psychosocial dynamique des relations depouvoir, à partir d’éléments structuraux et stratégiques. Ces élémentsstructuraux consistent en des positions et des moyens de pouvoir. Quantaux éléments stratégiques, ils sont de l’ordre de l’exercice et des motifs dupouvoir. Ce sont ces éléments qui constituent la dynamique des échanges depouvoir dans une relation entre des personnes considérées dans le contextesocial général…
Religion in Rewriting the Story
The case study of this article consists of a rigorous structure analysis of a narrative interview with a sexually abused man. Three different (thematic) story lines are distinguished in the interview. Together with specific periods of the life span, persons, and evaluations, these provide insight into the narrative structure, in which the idiosyncratic meanings and functions of religion are found. It is shown that this participant gives religion …
Violated and Desecrated
The impact of sexual abuse on religious functioning is an underresearched area, notably with male victims. We are in need of comprehensive theories and sound research. Based on research by the author on religious coping and the religious dynamics in male survivors, this article outlines parts of a narrative theory, provides a case study, and concludes with implications for research on religious coping with sexual abuse. It is claimed that researc…
Religious Coping Reconsidered, Part Two
The second article proposes a narrative reformulation of religious coping theories. Using the multidimensional framework of the first article, a narrative perspective is presented in which the four dimensions mentioned are conceptually connected. In addition, narrative criteria are proposed to discern individualized religious processes. In this narrative theory, existing research and theory are incorporated in a unifying model. The aim of this ar…
Religious Coping Reconsidered, Part One
In two articles, the author highlights the need for a multidimensional approach toward religious coping. Not only should the interaction of religion and coping be seen as a bidirectional influence, the interactions with dimensions of identity and social context should be taken into account. Furthermore, the author claims that each of these dimensions should be conceptualized as a process. Implications for theory and research are discussed. Beside…
Navigating Identities
Young people who discover their sexual attraction to people of the same sex often go through a period of ambivalence or distress, especially when they grow up in an environment that condemns homosexuality. The Dutch sociopolitical context makes the expression of same-sex desires among those with non-Dutch roots even more complicated and risky, as prevailing schemes of interpretation render the two identities incompatible. This study explores the …
The storyscapes of teenage pregnancy. On morality, embodiment, and narrative agency
Young women tell different stories about teenage pregnancies. Their stories are embedded in the storyscape of their environment, which offers a limited set of narratives. Normative discourses influence the stories young women tell about their pregnancies. Social norms and stigma play an important role in the construction of the meaning of teenage pregnancies. However, the embodiment of being pregnant constitutes meaning as well. This paper draws …
Religion in Rewriting the Story
The case study of this article consists of a rigorous structure analysis of a narrative interview with a sexually abused man. Three different (thematic) story lines are distinguished in the interview. Together with specific periods of the life span, persons, and evaluations, these provide insight into the narrative structure, in which the idiosyncratic meanings and functions of religion are found. It is shown that this participant gives religion …
Investigating Life-Stories
The subject of this article is the meaning of the personal narrative in pastoral practice and research. A hermeneutical, narrative approach is used to explore the nature and function of the personal narrative, and gives insight into the dynamics of pastoral counseling. Narrative approaches are also both possible and valuable for research and counseling. This reflects the new interest in hermeneutics found in Dutch pastoral psychological literatur…
Religious Coping Reconsidered, Part Two
The second article proposes a narrative reformulation of religious coping theories. Using the multidimensional framework of the first article, a narrative perspective is presented in which the four dimensions mentioned are conceptually connected. In addition, narrative criteria are proposed to discern individualized religious processes. In this narrative theory, existing research and theory are incorporated in a unifying model. The aim of this ar…
Religious Coping Reconsidered, Part One
In two articles, the author highlights the need for a multidimensional approach toward religious coping. Not only should the interaction of religion and coping be seen as a bidirectional influence, the interactions with dimensions of identity and social context should be taken into account. Furthermore, the author claims that each of these dimensions should be conceptualized as a process. Implications for theory and research are discussed. Beside…
Violated and Desecrated
The impact of sexual abuse on religious functioning is an underresearched area, notably with male victims. We are in need of comprehensive theories and sound research. Based on research by the author on religious coping and the religious dynamics in male survivors, this article outlines parts of a narrative theory, provides a case study, and concludes with implications for research on religious coping with sexual abuse. It is claimed that researc…
Religion in Rewriting the Story
The case study of this article consists of a rigorous structure analysis of a narrative interview with a sexually abused man. Three different (thematic) story lines are distinguished in the interview. Together with specific periods of the life span, persons, and evaluations, these provide insight into the narrative structure, in which the idiosyncratic meanings and functions of religion are found. It is shown that this participant gives religion …
Wysiwyg
Working in a social constructionist framework, the author describes practical theology as a multi-conversational discipline. In each conversation (with systematic and biblical theology, with other academic disciplines, and with the church and society) specific demands are placed on discourse, governed by specific criteria for truth claims. In these conversations, two levels of discourse are distinguished. First order discourse consists of ordinar…
Common themes and structures in male victims' stories of religion and sexual abuse
This paper presents some outcomes of research on the narrative construction of religion and sexual abuse in male victims. Twelve open biographic interviews with adult male survivors of childhood sexual abuse have been analysed for content and structure. Three narrative themes were identified to appear in all interviews: distance/proximity, power/powerlessness and guilt/innocence. Using statistical methods (correlations and cluster analysis), the …
Les dynamiques du pouvoir entre violence et justice
Cet article présente un modèle psychosocial dynamique des relations depouvoir, à partir d’éléments structuraux et stratégiques. Ces élémentsstructuraux consistent en des positions et des moyens de pouvoir. Quantaux éléments stratégiques, ils sont de l’ordre de l’exercice et des motifs dupouvoir. Ce sont ces éléments qui constituent la dynamique des échanges depouvoir dans une relation entre des personnes considérées dans le contextesocial général…
Receptivity and the Nature of Religion
Responding to Neyrinck & Hutsebaut and to Van Uden, Pieper & Alma (both in this edition), the author addresses the topic of receptivity, a religious coping style that does not involve a personal view of God. Although Neyrinck & Hutsebaut focus on receptivity in relation to religious styles and Van Uden, Pieper & Alma deal with receptivity and coping, both research teams note that in the secularized context of the Netherlands religious coping conc…
Spreken is zilver, horen is goud - Over de preek als Woord van God
The connection of the sermon and the word of God has been a topic of much debate. This paper explores the significance and problematic aspects of the understanding of the sermon as a word of God. The Barthian notion that we have to speak God’ s word yet are unable to do so offers a dialectic interpretation that leaves the preacher and the congregation vulnerable. The problem lies, according to this paper, not so much in connecting the sermon and …
Scars and Stigmata
This paper reflects on the interaction between trauma and identity using the metaphors of scars and stigmata. Two different attitudes toward trauma are described that need to be connected dialectically. The first sees trauma as an "alien" intrusion that calls for resistance. The latter sees trauma as integral to identity development. Implications for theological reflection are sketched
Minding the Wisdom of Ages
This essay reflects on the nature and specific challenges of pastoral care for the elderly in a narrative perspective. Locating pastoral care at the interface of care for the human story and care for the stories of God, the paper explores the narrative challenges of old age and the ways in which narratives from the religious tradition can be brought into conversation with these narratives of individual lives. The paper starts by describing how we…
Growing up gay and religious. Conflict, dialogue, and religious identity strategies
Homosexuality has become a divisive issue in many religious communities. Partly because of that, individuals growing up in such a community and experiencing same sex attractions need to negotiate the messages about homosexuality with their own experiences. This paper explores the identity strategies of religious communities as the background of individual identity struggles. Following a discussion of Bauman's grammars of identity/alterity, it des…
Addiction and Spiritual Transformation. An Empirical Study on Narratives of Recovering Addicts’ Conversion Testimonies in Dutch and Serbian Contexts
The article examines how recovering drug addicts employ testimonies of conversion and addiction to develop and sustain personal identity and create meaning from varied experiences in life. Drawing on 31 autobiographies of recovering drug addicts we analyze conversion and addiction testimonies in two European contexts (Serbia and the Netherlands, including a sample of immigrants). The analysis shows how existing frames of reference and self-unders…
Lived religion
Taking the case of“spiritual gardening”as a starting point, this paper reflects on praxis as the object of practical theology. Praxis is understood as the domain of lived religion and focuses on what people do rather than on official institutionalized religious traditions. Praxis refers to fields of practices like care or community building and to the patterned configurations of action, xperience, and meaning. In pluralized, secularized, and dein…
Teaching Spiritual Care in an Interfaith Context
This article discusses the possibilities of teaching spiritual care in an interfaith context, notably in the Netherlands. It first explores the background processes of deinstitutionalization and pluralization, resulting in a fragmented religious landscape. The change in nomenclature from pastoral care to spiritual care in part reflects these changes. The middle part of the article describes key features of spiritual care from different traditions…
Anonymous Pastoral Care for Problems Pertaining to Sexuality
Religious Stories We Live By
This is the introductory chapter presents an overview of how the other chapters in the book are organized. The book contains four sections: biblical studies, empirical studies, systematic studies and historical studies. The first section focuses on the Old Testament, novel Cain , which is a gruesome story of gang rape, and the women in the Samson narratives. The second section deals with personal stories and the (religious) identities people cons…
Reading Robert and beyond
This article seeks to contribute to the understanding of what is at stake in counselling religious male victims of sexual abuse. We analyse the narrative of Robert , a sexually abused Roman Catholic man who later committed suicide. We focus on issues that concern many sexually abused males, such as talking and relationships, agency and responsibility, emotions of guilt, shame and anger, sexual identity, God-talk and God-images. In terms of a tria…
The Interplay of Religious and Sexual Nationalisms in Central and Eastern Europe
Religious and Sexual Nationalisms in Central and Eastern Europe
Religious and Sexual Nationalisms in Central and Eastern Europe: Gods, Gays, and Governments. presents case studies from some ten countries that serve to explore the ways in which religion, nationalism, and (homo)sexuality intersect in public discourse. It shows how religious leaders, political and social movements, LGBT-organizations, governments, and media negotiate the powers of religion and state in taking position regarding sexual diversity.…
Navigating Identities
Young people who discover their sexual attraction to people of the same sex often go through a period of ambivalence or distress, especially when they grow up in an environment that condemns homosexuality. The Dutch sociopolitical context makes the expression of same-sex desires among those with non-Dutch roots even more complicated and risky, as prevailing schemes of interpretation render the two identities incompatible. This study explores the …
The storyscapes of teenage pregnancy. On morality, embodiment, and narrative agency
Young women tell different stories about teenage pregnancies. Their stories are embedded in the storyscape of their environment, which offers a limited set of narratives. Normative discourses influence the stories young women tell about their pregnancies. Social norms and stigma play an important role in the construction of the meaning of teenage pregnancies. However, the embodiment of being pregnant constitutes meaning as well. This paper draws …
Addressing the spiritual domain in a plural society
This study aims to rethink the integration of spiritual care into healthcare in spiritually plural societies. Based on a systematic review of the theoretical literature, we analysed 74 studies and distinguish four positions regarding the integration of spiritual care into healthcare: generalist-particularists who see the spiritual domain as a field to be addressed by all professional caregivers and in which caregivers’ own spiritual orientations …
The fragile spirituality of parents whose children died in the pediatric intensive care unit
Spiritual care is recognized as a relevant dimension of health care. In the context of pediatric palliative end-of-life care, spirituality entails more than adhering to a spiritual worldview or religion. Interviews with parents whose critically ill child died in the pediatric intensive care unit revealed features of a spirituality that is fragmentary and full of contradictions. This type of spirituality, which we refer to as fragile, speaks of pa…
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