Resourcement
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A theological movement involving a return to the original sources of the Catholic church. uncountable
"If this strategy of resourcement is a call for the American Church to become more deeply Catholic than it has perhaps even been, it should be clear that it is a call to become a very different kind of Catholic than prevailed in the pre-Vatican II Church."
- 2 The provision of resources.
"Studies focusing on large regions, for example, were common well before the last ten years in areas where cultural resourcement management projects are infrequent and measurement of social relationships is difficult."
- 3 A strategy for dealing with conflict in which one changes the source of emotional energy in an encounter to provide a new and creative response. uncountable
". Through resourcement, organizational members develop radically creative responses that frame an issue differently."
Example
More examples"If this strategy of resourcement is a call for the American Church to become more deeply Catholic than it has perhaps even been, it should be clear that it is a call to become a very different kind of Catholic than prevailed in the pre-Vatican II Church."
Etymology
From re- + source + -ment.
From resource + -ment.
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