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Personal profile
Research interests
The parish and the academy symbolize the core of my theological method, the interaction between ecclesial practices and theological theory. Faith is grounded in human lives, social practices, religious communities, and cultural contexts.
Since my Ph.D. in practical theology in empirical homiletics, published as Religious Involvement in Hearing Sermons (2010, open access), I have applied (parts of) Grounded Theory methodology to various projects in the fields of homiletics, military chaplaincy, and pastoral care.
In my current research I focus on two main projects:
- Digital Homiletics. The application of computational methods in the study of preaching; digital methods enrich existing strategies to analyse sermons. Further, the empirical study of online preaching, both streaming worship and new digital forms of preaching contributes to the theory of preaching (collaborative international project with the working title "Homiletics for a Digital Age").
- Soul Care. A reframing of pastoral care theory based upon the theological-anthropological idea of the 'soul'. Special attention will be paid to two religious practices: end-of-life care (death and dying), and spiritual formation.
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, Religious Involvement In Hearing Sermons
Award Date: 6 Jul 2010
Keywords
- BT Doctrinal Theology
- Practical Theology
- Homiletics
- Preaching
- Pastoral care
- Empirical theology
- Grounded Theory
- Military Chaplaincy
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Interdisciplinary Spiritual Care: Collaboration between Chaplains, Care Professionals and Pastors. A Practical-Theological (Qualitative) Study
Olsman, E., Pleizier, T. T. J. & Muthert, H.
1/09/23 → 31/12/29
Project: Research
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Spiritual Formation in Local Faith Communities: A Whole-Person, Prompt-Card Approach
Pembroke, N., Kelly, E., Pleizier, T. T. J., Schmidt, W. S. & Van den Berg, J-A., Mar 2022, Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock Publishers. 240 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book › Professional
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Who Cares? Exploring Pastoral Care in Dutch Protestant Parishes Using the Church Life Survey (CLS)
Pleizier, T. T. J., Zwijze-Koning, K. & van der Meulen, M., 13 Nov 2021, In: Pastoral Psychology. Published onlineResearch output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Challenges in Pastoral Care Practice in Euthanasia: A Concept Mapping Study among Dutch Protestant Pastors
Graafland, W., Pleizier, T. T. J., Boer, T. A. & Groenewoud, A. S., 19 Jan 2023, In: Death Studies. p. 1-11Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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De relevantie van de bevindelijke traditie voor de homiletiek
Pleizier, T., 2023, Bevindelijke prediking: Hoe, door wie en waartoe. Wisse, M. (ed.). Apeldoorn: Labarum Academic, p. 173–189 17 p. (Biblebelt Studies).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Professional
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De theologische nalatenschap van ds. G. Boer: Focus
Pleizier, T. T. J., Sept 2023, In: Theologia Reformata. 66, 3, p. 274-283 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic
Prizes
Activities
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Visualising the Viva Vox. Artificial Intelligence in the Study of Sermons
T.T.J. Pleizier (Speaker)
27 Apr 2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk (lezing op uitnodiging)
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Co-preaching. The Practice of Preaching in Digital Culture and Spaces
T.T.J. Pleizier (Examiner)
16 Jun 2023Activity: Examination › Member of opposition PhD candidate
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"Is It Well With Your Soul?" Case studies of ordinary pastoral care
T.T.J. Pleizier (Speaker)
15 Oct 2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk (lezing)
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"Whose Rules, Which Rationality?" Rationality of Preaching and the Rules of Media
T.T.J. Pleizier (Speaker)
6 May 2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk (lezing op uitnodiging)
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International Academy of Practical Theology 2023
T.T.J. Pleizier (Participant)
7 Jun 2023 → 11 Jun 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participating in a conference, workshop, ...
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Voorgangers positief over internetviering
T.T.J. (Theo) Pleizier & H.P. (Henk) de Roest
23/09/20
1 Media contribution
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