When sickness heals : the place of religious belief in healthcare / Siroj Sorajjakool.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sorajjakool, Siroj.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical care--Religious aspects.

Medical care.

Spirituality.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (166 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Templeton Foundation Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In "When Sickness Heals," Dr. Siroj Sorajjakool draws on more than ten years of studies on health benefits in relation to spirituality, especially focusing on the function of "meaning." He expounds on his theory that healing is primarily the function of meaning, and meaning transcends sickness and even death itself. He concludes that what people ultimately seek in life is the healing of their souls. Sorajjakool brings many Eastern and Western resources to his conversation on health, meaning, and healing. He incorporates the perspectives of theologians and philosophers like Paul Tillich, Carl Jung, Soren Kierkegaard, Raimundo Panikkar, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and John Macquarrie; as well as references to religious texts, including yin and yang, and alchemy. A clear, distinct understanding of spirituality in clinical contexts is presented, with an argument for the role of meaning in the healing process, based on evidence that there may be healing even in the face of death. Sorajjakool identifies the transitional processes people may go through as they seek to make sense of their experiences during a health crisis. He suggests an alternative approach to spiritual assessment and provides methods of spiritual care that speak to the soul. "

Contents:

Spirituality : toward a definition

Religion

Illness, meaning, and miracles

Illness and the developmental task

Integration in theology and religious symbols

Spirituality and integration in mental health

Integration : the case of Sren Kierkegaard

Spiritual assessment

Spiritual care

Appendix 1: Definition of terms

Appendix 2: Ontology and spirituality : Raimundo Panikkar, Paul Tillich, and Carl Jung

Appendix 3: Diagnosis of Sren Kierkegaard.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-143) and index.

ISBN:

1-283-26044-1

9786613260444

1-59947-240-6

OCLC:

730525489