Ritualisations in Parent-Child Interactions

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" Ritualisations in Parent-Child Interactions "
Christoph Morgenthaler

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1072025
Doc. No	:	LA115654
Call No	:	‭10.1163/157092502X00063‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Christoph Morgenthaler
Title & Author	:	Ritualisations in Parent-Child Interactions [Article]\ Christoph Morgenthaler
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Journal of Empirical Theology
Date	:	2002
Volume/ Issue Number	:	15/1
Page No	:	19–36
Abstract	:	The article focuses on how a dialectical relationship between empirical research and theological normativity can and should influence the design of an empirical study at important points of the planning process. It draws on a systems view of scientific activity proposed as a working model for family research by Lavee & Dollahite (1991). Many decisions, each connected with norms and values, have to be taken with regard to the selection of the research topic, the theoretical and methodological approaches and the application of research findings. Besides normativity rooted in consensual knowledge of the scientific community, reflective theological normativity can deploy a critical and disclosive power as is demonstrated in the article with regard to a research project centering on the theme of bedtime ritualisations in parent-child interactions, their intergenerational transmission and their relationship to the institutionalised ritual of baptism. The article focuses on how a dialectical relationship between empirical research and theological normativity can and should influence the design of an empirical study at important points of the planning process. It draws on a systems view of scientific activity proposed as a working model for family research by Lavee & Dollahite (1991). Many decisions, each connected with norms and values, have to be taken with regard to the selection of the research topic, the theoretical and methodological approaches and the application of research findings. Besides normativity rooted in consensual knowledge of the scientific community, reflective theological normativity can deploy a critical and disclosive power as is demonstrated in the article with regard to a research project centering on the theme of bedtime ritualisations in parent-child interactions, their intergenerational transmission and their relationship to the institutionalised ritual of baptism.
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/157092502X00063‬