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Teaching Meaning

A Pedagogical Strategy to Help Ministry Students Understand Meaning Making in Narrative Perspective

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ID21744940
AuthorsMelissa M Kelley (0000-0001-7097-8694, Boston College, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume75
Issue3
Pages207-213
Publication date2021-09-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Pastoral Care & Counseling Advancing theory and professional practice through scholarly and reflective publications (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1542-3050 • E-ISSN: 2167-776X
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/15423050211038905
PMID34384033
OpenAlexW3187781669
LanguageEN
References cited20

This article describes a pedagogical classroom exercise that encourages ministry students to understand the jarring experience some people may confront when their life stories are disrupted and their ways of making meaning are challenged. Contemporary work in narrative and meaning making that grounds the exercise is presented. This exercise may be helpful to professionals who teach or mentor ministry students in their care of those enduring loss

Art · Christian ministry · Linguistics · Meaning-making · Narrative · Pedagogy · Psychotherapist · Sociology · Theology · Visual arts · Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics · Digital Storytelling and Education · Media, Religion, Digital Communication · Philosophy · Psychology

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