ORIGINAL RESEARCH

 

Die pastor se hantering van trauma na analogie van Jesus se helings en eksorsismes

 

The pastors' handling of trauma analogous to Jesus' healings and exorcisms

 

 

Ernest van Eck

Department Nuwe Testamentiese Wetenskap, Universiteit van Pretoria, Suid-Afrika

Correspondence

 

 

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ABSTRACT

The pastor's handling of trauma analogous to Jesus' healings and exorcisms, studied from a cross-cultural perspective, can be understood as acts of relocation or cope-healings. Special attention is given to the way in which Jesus healed, the results of his healings and how those who where healed and witnessed Jesus' healings reacted. It is argued that the way in which Jesus healed can be used by pastors as paradigm to heal those who experience trauma.

Keywords: genesig; historiese Jesus; biomediese paradigma; relokasie; trauma

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Correspondence:
Ernest van Eck
Department Nuwe Testamentiese Wetenskap, Fakulteit Teologie
Universiteit van Pretoria
Lynwoodweg
Hatfield 0002
Suid-Afrika
Email: ernest.vaneck@up.ac.za

Received: 11 July 2010
Accepted: 29 Oct. 2010
Published: 25 Nov. 2010