Death and spirituality / / [edited by] Kenneth J. Doka with John D. Morgan

• Pubblicazione: Amityville, N.Y., : Baywood Pub. Co., c1993
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (419 p.)
• Disciplina: 259/.6
• Soggetto topico: Bereavement - Religious aspects; Death - Religious aspects; Pastoral counseling; Spiritual life
• Altri autori: DokaKenneth J MorganJohn D. <1933->
• Note generali: "First published 1993 by Baywood Publishing Company, Inc."--T.p. verso.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Death and Spirituality""; ""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""PART I: INTRODUCTION""; ""CHAPTER 1 The Existential Quest for Meaning""; ""CHAPTER 2 Assumptions and Principles of Spiritual Care The Spiritual Care Work Group of the International Work Group on Death, Dying and Bereavement ""; ""PART II: PERSPECTIVES ON DEATH""; ""CHAPTER 3 Death in Jewish Thought""; ""CHAPTER 4 A Roman Catholic View of Death""; ""CHAPTER 5 Spirituality, Protestantism, and Death""; ""CHAPTER 6 Death: Eastern Perspectives"" ; ""CHAPTER 7 Spiritual Issues in Death and Dying for Those Who Do Not Have Conventional Religious Belief""""CHAPTER 8 Perspectives on Death in the Africa-American Community""; ""PART III: SPIRITUAL CONCERNS IN COUNSELING THE DYING ""; ""CHAPTER 9 A Clinical Paradigm for Exploring Spiritual Concerns""; ""CHAPTER 10 The Spiritual Needs of the Dying""; ""CHAPTER 11 Spiritualities of Suffering and Grief""; ""CHAPTER 12 Spiritual Perspectives on Suffering the Pain of Death""; ""CHAPTER 13 Spiritual Care in Hospice""; ""PART IV: SPIRITUAL ISSUES IN BEREAVEMENT"" ; ""CHAPTER 14 The Spiritual Crisis of Bereavement""""CHAPTER 15 Bereavement and the Sacred Art of Spiritual Care""; ""CHAPTER 16 Rituals, Beliefs, and Grief""; ""CHAPTER 17 Spirituality and Suicide""; ""CHAPTER 18 Spiritual Care of the Traumatized: A Necessary Component""; ""CHAPTER 19 No More Rosebuds: A Perspective on Perinatal Death, Funerals, and Pastoral Care""; ""CHAPTER 20 AIDS and Bereavement: Special Issues in Spiritual Counseling""; ""PART V: DEATH AND THE HUMAN SPIRIT""; ""CHAPTER 21 Religious Values in Death Education"" ; ""CHAPTER 22 The Dark Night of the Spirit: Grief Following a Loss in Religious Identity""""CHAPTER 23 Ethical and Spiritual Concerns: Sexuality and Spirituality “A Wholistic Approach for the Living-Dying Client and the Partnerâ€?""; ""CHAPTER 24 Joking with Death""; ""PART VI: RESOURCES""; ""CHAPTER 25 Shuffling Toward Jerusalem: An Annotated Bibliography of Books on Religion and Thanatology""; ""CHAPTER 26 Spirituality and Death Audiovisuals""; ""CHAPTER 27 Jimmy Died, Call the Church""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""CONTRIBUTORS""; ""INDEX"" ; ""Select Titles from the: Death, Value and Meaning Series""""Back Cover""
• Sommario/riassunto: An elderly Chinese immigrant, hospitalized with terminal disease, requests to burn incense. A 30-year-old Roman Catholic gay male, dying of AIDS, is consumed by deepening moral guilt, troubled by beliefs he thought he abandoned years ago. A mother whose teenage son died of an aneurism is angry at God over his death yet fearful of expressing that anger lest He 'punish her again.' A young widower seemingly has difficulty expressing grief believing it to be a sign of weak faith. All of these examples illustrate the kinds of issues that clinicians and counselors constantly encounter. For although North American society has long been characterized as secular, this does not deny the potency of spiritual concerns and religious values on the individual level. Polls affirm that vast majorities of North Americans both believe in God and consider religion important in their lives. This is clearly evident when one faces the crisis of dying or bereavement. For, one of the strengths of belief is that it provides support and succor at a time when secular explanations are largely silent. For these reasons, educators and clinicians have long recognized the significance that religious and spiritual themes have in counseling with the dying and bereaved. Yet, in cultures as religiously diverse as the U.S. and Canada, caregivers and educators may feel inadequate to the task. Death and Spirituality addresses this need. Specifically it seeks to reach two, perhaps overlapping, audiences. First, it considers the needs death-related counselors and educators, seeking to provide them with both a sense of the norm of religious tradition and the religious and spiritual issues that might arise in illness and bereavement, as well as suitable interventions, approaches, and resources that might be useful in assisting clients in examining and resolving such issues. The book also speaks to the complementary needs of clergy who also may wish to assist parishioners and others as they face the spiritual and psychological crisis of dying and grief.
• Titolo autorizzato: Death and spirituality
• ISBN: 1-351-86833-0; 1-315-23253-7; 0-89503-541-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910154623203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Death, Value and Meaning Series