Abstract
Living imaginatively: Imagination in the pastoral narrative therapeutic approach and the theology of Walter BrueggemannThe article focuses on the relevance of Walter Brueggemann’s work for the pastoral narrative therapeutic approach. The concept of imagination and its use in both pastoral narrative therapy and Brueggemann’s work are described. Case studies are submitted as possible descriptions of how imagination in pastoral narrative therapy can be “funded” by Brueggemann’s insights. It is followed by cursory remarks on the possible relevance of Brueggemann’s use of the concept imagination for the pastoral narrative therapeutic approach.
Highlights
The article focuses on the relevance of Walter Brueggemann’s work for the pastoral narrative therapeutic approach
Case studies are submitted as possible descriptions of how imagination in pastoral narrative therapy can be “funded” by Brueggemann’s insights
It is followed by cursory remarks on the possible relevance of Brueggemann’s use of the concept imagination for the pastoral narrative therapeutic approach
Summary
2.1 ’n Beskrywing Uit ons ervarings uit die verlede en die hede projekteer ons beelde van hoe ons bestaan in die toekoms sal wees. 2.2 Verbeelding en verandering Verbeelding in die pastorale narratiewe terapie maak verandering moontlik omdat dit tot herinterpretasie en rekonstruksie van die werklikheid lei. Dit gee weer aanleiding tot ‟n herontdekking van waardes waardeur ‟n nuwe vertel van die verhaal moontlik word (Müller 1996:122, 138-139). Die herinterpretasie en die konstruksie van nuwe verhale aan die hand waarvan ‟n toekoms verbeel(d) word, skep ruimte om in die lig van die storie van God, met mense, te herinterpreteer en rekonstrueer (Müller, 2000:71). 2.5 Verbeelding as epistemologiese benadering tot die werklikheid Dat verbeelding ‟n belangrike komponent van die pastorale narratiewe terapie is, hang saam met die feit dat ons in hierdie terapeutiese beweging te make het met ‟n epistemologiese benadering tot die werklikheid (Müller 2000:55) wat rekening hou met die feit dat “many, if not most, of the normative decisions of everyday life are made more in the mode of intuition - the exercise of imaginative common sense. Ordinary life tends to be governed more by the imagination than by reason...” (Gerkin 1991:67)
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