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Spiritual Diversity, Health, and Well-Being
Bibliography
and Resource List
Recommended Comprehensive Texts
Defining/Conceptualizing Spirituality
and Religion
Domains of Health and Spirituality
While the bibliography and resources list below is quite large, it represents only a minute fraction of the available literature. We will update it occasionally with sources we find especially interesting for addressing spirituality in relation to health in a holistic sense, including well-being of persons, communities, and world. The bibliography begins with comprehensive texts on spirituality in relation to social work, health, mental health, and religious diversity. Other materials are organized according to spirituality in relation to domains of health and well-being (physical, social, mental, spiritual, and holistic perspective) based on the primary emphasis of each item. The domain on spirituality, as treated separately, relates to sources that focus on the spiritual and religious factors, such as prayer, that promote spiritual well-being. We also include materials about professional practice guidelines, spiritual assessment, and Issues in Science and Religion. Various items that are especially useful have been annotated. See the Resource Center sections on links for Spirituality and Social Work and Spirituality and Health for many more resources.
Recommended Comprehensive Texts
Canda, E. R., & Furman, L. D. (1999). Spiritual diversity in social work practice: The heart of helping. New York: Free press.
Cnaan, R. A., Wineburg, R. J., & Boddie, S. C. (1999). The newer deal: Social work and religion in partnership. New York: Columbia University Press.
Coates, J., Graham, R. J., & Swartzentruber, B. (Eds.) (2007). Spirituality and social work : select Canadian readings. Toronto : Canadian Scholars’ Press.
Crompton, M. (1998). Children, spirituality, religion, and social work. Suffolk, Great Britain: Ipswich Books.
Derezotes, D. S. (2006). Spiritually oriented social work practice. Boston: Pearson.
Ellor, J. W., Netting, F. D., & Thibault, J. M. (1999). Religious and spiritual aspects of human service practice. Columbia: University of South Carolina.
Greenstreet, W. (Eds.). (2006). Integrating spirituality
in health and social care: perspectives and practical approaches.
Oxford: Radcliffe Publishing. 2006.
Lindsay, R., (2002). Recognizing spirituality: The interface between faith and social work. Crawley, Western Australia: University of Western Australia Press.
Moss, B., (2005). Religion and spirituality, Dorset. UK: Russell House Publishing.
Nash, M., & Stewart, B. (Eds.). (2002). Spirituality and social care: Contributing to personal and community well-being. London: Jessica Kingsley.
Patel, N., Naik, D., & Humphries, B. (Eds.). (1997). Visions of reality: Religion and ethnicity in social work. London: Central Council for Education and Training in Social Work.
Scales, T. L., Wolfer, T. A., Sherwood, D. A., Garland, D. R., Hugen, B., & Weaver Pittman, S. (Eds.). (2002). Spirituality and religion in social work practice: Decision cases with teaching notes. Alexandria, VA: Council on Social Work Education.
Van Hook, M., Hugen, B., & Aguilar, M. A. (Eds.).
(2001). Spirituality within religious traditions in social work practice.
Pacific Grove, CA : Brooks/Cole.
Barnum, B. S. (1996). Spirituality in nursing: from traditional to new age. New York: Springer Pub.
Beckford, J. A., & Demerath, N. J. (2007). The SAGE handbook of the sociology of religion. Los Angeles: SAGE Publications.
Benefiel, M. (2005). Soul at work: spiritual leadership in organizations. New York: Seabury.
Fukuyama, M. A., & Sevig, T. D. (1999). Integrating spirituality into multicultural counseling. Thousand Oaks, Calif: Sage Publications.
Fuller, A. R. (2008). Psychology and religion: classical theorists and contemporary developments. Lanham, Md: Rowman & Littlefield.
Hill, P. C., & Hood, R. W. (1999). Measures of religiosity. Birmingham, Ala: Religious Education Press.
Kobeisy, A. N. (2004). Counseling American Muslims:
understanding the faith and helping the people. Contributions in psychology,
no. 48. Westport, Conn: Praeger.
Koenig, H. G., McCullough, M. E., & Larson, D. B. (2001). Handbook of religion and health. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Levin, J. S. (2001). God, faith, and health: Exploring the spirituality-healing connection. New York: Wiley.
Loewenthal, K. M. (2007). Religion, culture and mental health. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Mace, C. (2008). Mindfulness and mental health: Therapy, theory, and science. London: Routledge.
Marques, J., Dhiman, S., & King, R. (2007). Spirituality in the workplace: what it is, why it matters, how to make it work for you. Fawnskin, CA: Personhood Press.
Marquis, A. (2008). The integral intake: a guide to comprehensive idiographic assessment in integral psychotherapy. New York: Routledge.
Miller, W. R. (1999). Integrating spirituality into treatment: resources for practitioners. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Mitroff, I. I., & Denton, E. A. (1999). A spiritual audit of
corporate America: a hard look at spirituality, religion, and values in the
workplace. Warren Bennis signature series. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Moodley, R., & West, W. (2005). Integrating traditional
healing practices into counseling and psychotherapy. Multicultural aspects
of counseling and psychotherapy, v. 22. Thousand Oaks, Calif: Sage
Publications.
Paloutzian, R. F., & Park, C. L. (2005). Handbook of the psychology of religion and spirituality. New York: Guilford Press.
Pargament, K. I. (2007). Spiritually integrated psychotherapy: understanding and addressing the sacred. New York: Guilford Press.
Richards, P. S., & Bergin, A. E. (2004). Casebook for a spiritual strategy in counseling and psychotherapy. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Richards, P. S., & Bergin, A. E. (1997). A spiritual strategy for counseling and psychotherapy. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Richards, P. S., & Bergin, A. E. (2000). Handbook of
psychotherapy and religious diversity. Washington, DC: American
Psychological Association.
Seybold, K. S. (2007). Explorations in neuroscience, psychology, and religion. Ashgate science and religion series. Aldershot, Hants, England: Ashgate Pub.
Sperry, L., & Shafranske, E. P. (2005). Spiritually oriented psychotherapy. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Simmons, P. D. (2008). Faith and health: Religion, science, and public policy. Macon, Ga: Mercer University Press.
Weaver, A. J. , Koenig, H. G. , & Hosenfeld, C. (2007). Counseling Persons with Addictions and Compulsions: A Handbook for Clergy and Other Helping Professionals. Cleveland, OH: Pilgrim Press.
Wilber, K. (2006). Integral spirituality: a startling new role for religion in the modern and postmodern world. Boston: Integral Books.
Yust, K.-M. (2006). Nurturing child and adolescent spirituality: perspectives from the world's religious traditions. Lanham, Md: Rowman & Littlefield.
Bush, L. (1993). Health and medicine among the Latter-day Saints. New York: The Crossroad Publishing Company.
Canda, E.R. and Furman, L.D. (1999). Spiritual
Diversity in Social Work Practice. New
York: The Free Press.
Carmody, D.L. and
Carmody, J.T. (1988). Peace and Justice in the Scriptures of the
World Religions. New York: Paulist Press.
Dorff, E.N. (1986).
The Jewish Tradition. In R.L.
Numbers and D.W. Amundsen (Eds.) Caring
and Curing: Health and Medicine in the Western Religious Traditions. New York: Macmillan.
Halifax, J. (1993).
The Fruitful Darkness.
New York: HarperSanFrancisco.
Harakas, S. (1990). Health and Medicine in the Eastern Orthodox tradition. Minneapolis, MI: Light and Life Publishing Company.
Hemeyer, J. C. (2006). Religion in America. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Pearson Education.
Hinnells, J. and Porter, R. (Eds.) (1999). Religion, health and suffering. New York: Kegan Paul International.
James, W. (1990). The
Varieties of Religious Experience. New York: Vintage.
Kakar, S. (1989).
Health and Medicine in the Living Traditions of Hinduism. In L. Sullivan (Ed.) Healing and Restoring (pp. 111-126). New York: Macmillan.
Kitagawa, J.M. (1989). Buddhist Medical History.
In L. Sullivan (Ed.) Healing and
Restoring (pp. 9-32). New York:
Macmillan.
Knipe, D.M. (1989).
Hinduism and the Tradition of Ayurveda.
In L. Sullivan (Ed.) Healing and
Restoring (pp. 89-109). New York:
Macmillan.
Macy, J. (1991).
Mutual Causality in Buddhism and
General Systems Theory. Albany:
State University of New York Press.
Marty, M.E. & Vaux, K.L. (Eds.). (1982). Health, medicine and the faith traditions. Philadelphia, PA: Fortress Press.
Mijares, S. (2003). Modern psychology and ancient wisdom: Psychological healing practices from the world's religious traditions. New York: The Haworth Integrated Healing Press.
Numbers,
Ronald, & Amudnsen, Darrel W. (1986).
Caring and Curing: Health and Medicine in the Western Religious
Traditions. Baltimore and London: Johns Hopkins University Press.
This text examines a wide array of
Western religious traditions’ views of health in historical order.
Beginning with the Jewish tradition, advancing through early, Medieval, and
contemporary Catholicism, and then offering a variety of chapters on individual Protestant
denominations, it both describes and analyzes the rich heritage of these groups’
involvement with issues of life, death, and health. Offering both historical perspective and commentary on pressing
contemporary social health issues such as sexuality, abortion, or euthanasia,
it provides many provocative quotes from traditions' and is especially useful
when seeking to compare and contrast mainline Protestant views on such
topics.
Peel, R. (1998). Health and medicine in the Christian Science tradition. New York: The Crossroad Publishing Company.
Rahman, F. (1989). Islam
and Health/Medicine: A Historical Perspective. In L. Sullivan (Ed.) Healing and Restoring (pp. 149-172). New York: Macmillan.
Sahn, S. (1976). Dropping Ashes on the Buddha. New York: Grove Press.
Sachedina, A. (1999).
Can God Inflict Unrequited Pain on His Creatures? Muslim Perspectives on Health and
Suffering. In J.R. Hinnells and R.
Porter (Eds.) Religion, Health and
Suffering (pp. 65-84). London:
Kegan Paul International.
Sharma, A. (2005). Religious studies and comparative methodology: the case for reciprocal illumination. Albany: State University of New York Press.
Skorupski, T. (1999).
Health and Suffering in Buddhism: Doctrinal and Existential
Considerations. In J.R. Hinnells and R.
Porter (Eds.) Religion, Health and
Suffering (pp. 139-165). London:
Kegan Paul International.
Smith,
David H. (1986). Health and Medicine in the Anglican Tradition. New York: Crossroads.
Designed for health professionals,
clergy, and others struggling with issues of religion and medicine, this
work analyzes ways that Anglicans have historically confronted questions
of suffering, death, medical ethics, sexuality, social justice, and numerous
other topics. Locating all arguments around the Anglican
doctrine of incarnation – the belief that God has identified God’s self
with humankind in the person and mission of Jesus –Smith offers complex theological
perspectives while grounding these notions in Anglican history and thought
on a myriad physical, mental, social, and spiritual well-being concerns.
Smith, H. (1993). Forgotten truth: the common vision of the world's religions. San Francisco: Harper.
Smith, H., & Smith, H. (1991). The world's religions: our great wisdom traditions. San Francisco: Harper.
Snyder, G. (1995). Health and medicine in the Anabaptist tradition. Valley Forge, PA: Trinity Press International.
Solomon, N. (1999).
From Folk Medicine to Bioethics in Judaism. In J.R. Hinnells and R. Porter (Eds.) Religion, Health and Suffering (pp. 166-186). London: Kegan Paul International.
Sweet, L (1994). Health and medicine in the Evangelical tradition: Not by might nor power. Valley Forge, PA: Trinity Press International.
Van Hook, Mary, Hugen, Beryl, & Auguilar,
Marian (2001). Spirituality within Religious Traditions in Social Work Practice. Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole.
Calling
for an expanded role for spirituality and religion within social work practice,
this text offers a conceptual model (including definitions of key terms
and multicultural perspectives), and analysis of multiple world religious
traditions’ views of spirituality and healing.
Traditions commented upon include:
Native American spirituality, Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism,
Judaism, Catholicism, Islam, and a number of Protestant denominations.
The text concludes with a chapter that seeks to meld the perspectives
of these diverse groups and discuss generalized ways that religion can promote
well-being.
Vaux,
Keeneth L. Health and Medicine in the Reformed Tradition. New York:
Crossroad.
Another offering in the Health/Medicine
and the Faith Traditions series from Crossroad Publishing Company,
this work analyzes holistic perspectives on health put forth by devotees
within the Reformed tradition (primarily Congregationalists and Presbyterians). As
modern medicine emerged from predominately Reformed or Calvinist countries
such as Switzerland, Scotland, and the United States, examination of
this tradition’s theology greatly informs these origins and their contemporary
applications. Linking almost all modern
medical thought to Reformed notions, Vaux claims that even many who have had
no associations with these denominations have at least implicitly been affected
by the thoughts of prominent Calvinist theologians, ethicists, and medical
practitioners.
Wesley, J. (1774).
The works of the Rev. John Wesley. Bristol: William Pine.
Defining/Conceptualizing
Spirituality or Religion
Cavendish, R., Luise, B.K. et al. (2000). Opportunities
for enhanced spirituality relevant to well adults. Nursing Diagnosis,
11.4, 151-170.
Based on qualitative study of 12
well adults regarding opportunities in life that facilitate or support spirituality, found seven
themes: beliefs, inner motivating factors, divine providence, understanding the mystery, walking through, and
life events.
Chandler, C. K., Holden, J. M., & Kolander,
C. A. (1992). Counseling for Spiritual
Wellness: Theory and Practice. Journal
of Conseling & Development, 71, Nov/Dec., 168-175.
Offers
well elaborated definitions for terms: spiritual, spiritual experience, spiritual
development, and spiritual wellness. Offers
two models to further illustrate.
Epperly, B.G. (2000). Prayer, process, and the future of medicine. Journal of Religion and Helath, 39 (1), 23-37.
Propose
process-relational metaphysics model as aid in practice of medicine.
Frankel Perry, B. Gail. (1998). The relationship
between faith and well-being. Journal
of Religion and Health, 37(2), 125-136.
Identifies
six themes regarding well-being and faith presented in a qualitative study
of a sample of Canadian Christians.
Gleason, John J. (1999). The four worlds of spiritual
assessment and care. Journal of Religion
and Health, 38 (4),
305-317.
Develops
a model of four spiritual worlds that people in hospital may inhabit.
Hawks, S.R., Hull, M.L, et al. (1995). Review of spiritual health: definition, role
and intervention strategies in health promotion. American Journal of Health
Promotion, 9 (5), 371-378.
Hickson, J. & Phelps, A. (1997). Women's spirituality:
a proposed practice model. Journal of
Family Social Work, 2(4), 43-57.
Discussions
of defining spirituality, and elucidation of a model for women's spirituality
based largely on feminist empowerment principles.
Strong practice emphasis.
Ingersoll, R. E. (1998). Refining Dimensions of Spiritual Wellness:
A Cross-Traditional Approach. Counseling
and Values, 42 (4), 156-165.
Lists
ten dimensions of spiritual wellness to aid therapists in counseling: meaning,
connectedness, mystery, sense of freedom, experience-ritual, forgiveness,
hope, knowledge-learning, present-centeredness, conception of absolute.
Kass, J. D. (1991). Contributions of Religious Experience to Psychological and Physical
Well-Being: Research Evidence and
an Explanatory Model. The Caregiver Journal, 8(4). 199-211.
Concludes
that individuals may have natural capacity for core spiritual experiences
Koenig, H., McCullough, M., and Larson, D. (2001).
Well-being chapter of Handbook of Religion
and Health. New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 97-117.
Koenig, H., McCullough, M., and Larson, D. (2001).
Definitions chapter of Handbook of Religion and Health. New York:
Oxford University Press, pp. 17-23.
Kinsley, D. (1996). Health, healing, and religion:
a cross-cultural perspective. Upper
Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
LaPierre, L.L. (1994). A model for describing
spirituality. Journal of Religion and
Health, 33(2), 153-161.
Author is United Methodist. Identifies six factors/dimensions of spirituality.
Lincoln, V. (2000). Ecospirituality. Journal of Holistic Nursing, 18(3). Sept 2000, 227-238.
Describes
essences of an ecospirituality consciousness: tending, dwelling, reverence,
connectedness, and sentience.
Mahoney, M. J., & Graci, G. M. (1999). The Meanings and Correlates of Spirituality:
Suggestions from an Exploratory Survey
of Experts. Death Studies, 23(6). 521-527.
Results
of survey from experts in death studies and spiritual studies: charity, community
or connectedness, compassion, forgiveness, hope, meaning, and morality.
Mosby's Medical, Nursing and Allied
Health Dictionary (1998). Definition
of spiritual well-being, potential for enhanced. Edition 5, 1998, p. 830D.
Defines spiritual well-being as "the process of an individual's developing
or unfolding of mystery through harmonious interconnectedness that springs
from inner strengths." Its "defining
characteristics are inner strengths: a sense of awareness, self-consciousness, sacred source, unifying
force, inner core, and transcendence; unfolding mystery: one's experience
about life's purpose and meaning, mystery, uncertainty, and struggles; harmonious
interconnectedness: relatedness, connectedness, harmony with self, others,
higher power or God, and the environment."
Muldoon, M. & King, N. (1995). Spirituality,
health care and bioethics. Journal of
Religion and Health, 34 (4), 329-247.
In-depth
discussion of spirituality, particularly vis-ŕ-vis the biomedical model and
holistic model. Good elucidation of the concepts and their development.
Pargament, K.I. (1999). The Psychology of Religion and Spirituality?
Yes and No. The International Journal for the Psychology
of Religion, 9(1), 3-16.
Perrin, K.M. & McDermott, R.J. (1997). The spiritual dimension of health: a review.
American Journal of Health
Studies, 13(2), 90-99.
Contains
definition of terms: religion, religious experience, religiousness, spirituality,
spiritual dimension of health, spiritual experience, spiritual maturity.
Also lists 11 separate measurement instruments
Proposes
tools used by faithful to achieve sense of peace leading to well-being: community,
hope, meaning systems, behavioral constraints, and elements of church practice
and church life.
Witmer, J. M., & Sweeney, T. J. (1992).
A Holistic Model for Wellness and Prevention Over the Life Span.
Journal of Counseling & Development, 71. Nov/Dec, 140-148.
Introduces model for wellness
containing five life tasks, one of which is spirituality.
Zinnbauer, B.J. (1997).
Religion and Spirituality: Unfuzzying the Fuzzy.
Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 36 (4), 549-564.
Study stemming form interviews of individuals
who "beat" terminal cancer prognosis. Prognosis caused
individuals to focus on some meaningful/spiritual aspect of their life--giving
them the energy to tirelessly pursue many resources to get well: alternative
treatment, prayer, psychotherapy, visualization.
Burgrabbe,
J., & Miller, K. (1991). Health Ministries for Your Congregation. Church and
Chirban, J. T., (Ed.). (1991). Health
and Faith: Medical, Psychological, and Religious
"Church-Based Health Care: A JCN Book for Parish Nurses."
A compilation of thirteen previously published articles in the Journal
of Christian Nursing on parish nursing. Available for $3 at
www.gospelcom.net.
Clark,
C.C. (1997). Recognizing spiritual needs of orthopaedic patients. Orthopaedic Nursing, 16 (6), 27-33
This article includes a spiritual wellness checklist, a spiritual
assessment, and a table outlining signs of spiritual problems.
Cole,
C. and Murdock, A. (1985) The Congregation
as a Healing Community. UMC General
Board of Global Ministries.
A book designed to help churches understand
what it means to be places of healing and wholeness. This publication
is available for $2.50 from the UMC Health and Welfare Ministries.
"Congregational
Health"
Winter, 1997 edition of the Journal of Christian Nursing which is entirely
devoted to the research topic. Available for $3 at www.gospelcom.net.
Cunningham, A. J. (1993). Observations: Does Cancer Have "Meaning"? Advances, The Journal of
Mind-Body Health 9(1), 63-76.
Uses concepts of transpersonal
theory to find "meaning" in cancer utilizing own experience with cancer.
Daumer,
R. D., Seasons for Wholeness: Monthly Themes and Programming for
Parish Health Ministry (4 Volumes)
Each volume contains 24 monthly health theme articles and a resource
file provides implementation suggestions for worship, education, and service.
The individual volumes are available for $25 from the International Parish
Nurse Resource Center.
Ellison,
C., (Ed.). (1998). Symposium on Religion, Health, and Well-Being. Journal for
the Scientific Study of
Religion, 37, 692-754.
Emblen, J. D. (1992). Religion and Spirituality Defined According to Current
Use in Nursing
Literature. Journal of
Professional Nursing 8 (1), 41-47.
A screening of nursing literature from 1963 to 1989 for definitions
distinguishing the concept of religion from that of spirituality.
Evans,
Abigail. (1995). The Church as an Institution of Health: Making it Happen. Interpretation,
49, 158-171.
This publication includes a
directory of health ministries.
Fryback,
P.B. & Reinert, B.R. (1999). Spirituality and People with Potentially Fatal
Diagnosis..
Nursing Forum, 43
(1), 13-20.
A qualitative study with a table which focuses on defining the spiritual
domain of health.
Glik, D. C. (1986). Psychosocial Wellness Among Spiritual Healing Participants. Social
Science Medical 22(5) pp.579-586.
Very technical, positivistic study
which links participation in spiritual healing groups to better measures
of psychosocial well-being than average population.
Green, M. and Numrich, P. (2001). Religious perspectives on sexuality: A resource guide. Park Ridge, IL: The Park Ridge Center for the Study of Health, Family and Ethics.
Halton,
M. (1991). Congregations and Health. Christian
Ministry, 22, 9-18.
Hawks, S. R., Hull, M. L., Thalman, R. L.,
& Richins, P. M. (1995). Review of
Spiritual Health: Definition, Role, and
Intervention Strategies in Health Promotion.
American Journal of Health
Promotion, Inc. 9(5), 371-378.
Links cultivation of spirituality with
positive changes in health behaviors: communication, diet activity, and
treatment compliance.
Hinnells,
J. R. and Roy Porter, (Eds.). (1999). Religion,
Health and Suffering. London: Kegan
This is a collection of conference papers from the Wellcome Institute for
the History of Medicine.
Hill, P. C. and Butter, E. M. (1995).
"The Role of Religion in Promoting Physical Health." Journal
of Psychology and Christianity 14(2):141-155.
Holifield,
E. (1985). Health and Medicine in the
Methodist Tradition. New York: Crossroad.
Analyzing a tradition that finds its
roots in John Wesley’s vast concern for issues of spirituality and health,
this text demonstrates how a Wesleyan understanding of theology informs
modern Methodist sensibilities concerning wellness. Marking the ways in which both Wesley and contemporary advocates
of his doctrines merge notions of holiness and happiness, restraint and
responsibility, and possibility and limit to craft a holistic vision of health, Holifield combines historical research
with theological speculation to offer a well-rounded portrait of Methodism’s vital emphasis upon these overall
well-being.
Hummer, R. A. et al.
(1999). "Religious Involvement and
U.S. Adult Mortality," Demography 36(2): 1-13.
Jeffers, S.L. (2001). Finding A Sacred Oasis in Illness. Shawnee Mission, KS: Shawnee Mission Medical
Center.
Kass, J.D. (1995). Contributions of religious experience to psychological and physical wellbeing: research evidence and an explanatory
model. In L. VandeCreek (Ed.), Spiritual Needs and Pastoral Research: Readings in Research (pp. 199-213). Journal of Pastoral Care Publications,
Inc.
Kimble,
Melvin, McFadden, Susan, Ellor, James, and J. James, (Eds.). (1995). Aging, Spirituality, and Religion:
A Handbook. Minneapolis,
MN: Fortress Press.
Includes an essay by Anne Djupe and Granger Westberg entitled, "Congregation-Based Health
Programs."
King, D.E. (2000).
Faith, Spirituality and Medicine. Binghamton, NY: Haworth Pastoral Press.
Koenig, H.G. et al. (1998). "The Relationship Between Religious
Activities and Blood Pressure in Older Adults." Int'l. Journal of
Psychology In Medicine 28(2):
189-213.
Koenig, H. (1997). Is religion good for your health? The effects of religion on physical and mental health. New York: Haworth Pastoral Press.
Larson,
D., Swyers, J., and McCullough, M. (1998).
Scientific Research on Spirituality
and Health: A Consensus Report.
A report that details the proceedings from NIHR's three part conference
series involving over eighty researchers in physical health, mental health,
addiction disorders, and neuroscience. This report is available for $45 from
NIHR.
Larson,
D. & Larson, S., The Forgotten Factor
in Physical and Mental Health.
The John Templeton Foundation.
We have this text in our possession. This tutorial or training manual
for preparing clinicians/chaplains to serve the spiritual needs of patients
more effectively is an application of the Matthews et. al. bibliography. A
supplement study guide is available for $10.
Levin, J. (2001). God, Faith, and Health: Exploring the Spirituality-Healing
Connection. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Levin, J. S., & Markides, K. S.
(1986). Religious Attendance and
Subjective Health. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 25(1), pp. 31-40.
Study which disputes claim of religious
attendance as a causative factor to better physical health, concluding
that those who attend must have good health to do so.
McBride, J.L. et al. (1998).
"The Relationship Between a Patient's Spirituality and Health
Experiences." Family Medicine 30(2): 122-126.
McGarry,
Francis. (1996). Balance, Wholeness, and Healing in Christianity. Journal of Religion and Health, 35, 159-168.
McGuire, M. B. (1993). Health and Spirituality as Contemporary Concerns. The Annals of the American Academy of Political
and Social Science, 527.
McGuire, M.B.. (1996). Religion and Healing the Mind/Body/Self. Social Compass, 43 (1), 101-116.
Magana, A., & Clark, N. M. (1995). Childbirth—Religious aspects; Mexican
American women —Health & Hygiene. Health Education Quarterly, 22(1), pp.
96-110.
Outlines
possible link between Mexican American women's religiosity and fewer low birth
rate babies compared to other ethnic groups having similar lower economic
status. Possible cause behind link is
hypothesized to be religious lifestyle creates healthy habits in terms of
alcohol consumption, etc.
Matthews, D.A., Larson, D, & Barry, C.P. (1995). The Faith Factor: A Bibliography of Clinical Research on Spiritual Topics
(Vol IV). Bethesda, MD: National Institutes of Health.
Miller,
M. A. (1995). Culture, Spirituality, and Women's Health. Journal or Obstetric, Gynecological, and Neonatal
Nursing, 24(3), 257-263.
This is a review of
the literature on culture, health/women's health, and spirituality/religion.
The author suggests that the relationship between these variables may be
tenuous.
Mitka, M. (1998). Getting Religion Seen as Help in Being Well (Medical News &
Perspectives). JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association, 280(22),
1896-7.
Connection between religious attendance
and better health: lower blood pressure, healthier immune systems, and
less depression.
Moberg, D.O. (Ed.). (2001). Aging and Spirituality. New York: Haworth.
Morse, E. V., Morse, P. M., Klebba, K. E.,
Stock, M. R., Forehand, R., & Panayotova, E. (2000). The Use of Religion Among HIV-Infected
African American Women. Journal of Religion and Health, 39(3),
261-277.
Public religiosity promoted less
engagement in high-risk health behaviors
Narayanasamy,
A. (1999). A Review of Spirituality as Applied to Nursing. International Journal of Nursing Studies 36 (2),
117-125.
Examines the biological basis of spirituality as advanced by research on
spiritual awareness. Offers an operational definition of spirituality embracing
its biological roots.
Newberg, A., D’Aquili, E. and Rause, V.
(2001). Why God Won’t Go Away: Brain
Science and the Biology of Belief.
New York: Ballantine.
Oleckno, W. A., & Blacconiere, M. J.
(1991). Relationship of Religiosity to
Wellness and other Health-Related Behaviors and Outcomes. Psychological
Reports, 68, 819-826.
Positivisitc study finding causing
of religiousness to better health due to adoption of better health/moral
habits.
Overberg,
Kenneth, (Ed.). (1994). AIDS, Ethics
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Parker,
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conference dealt with the conceptual interface between religion and aging.
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link spirituality to various factors of well-being: blood pressure, depression,
stress relief in caregivers, and lifespan.
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Interesting anecdotal evidence of non-religious forms of spirituality
aiding physical health and recovery, basically through mechanism of relieving
of stress related to dealing with illness.
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Mental Domain of Health
Recent Reviews of the Literature
Koenig Harold, G. (2005) Faith and mental health: religious resources for healing. Philadelphia: Templeton Foundation Press.
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Assessment
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Severe Mental Illness (General)
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Sullivan, William P. (1993). “It helps me to be a whole person”: The role of spirituality among the mentally challenged. Psychosocial Rehabilitation Journal, 16(3): 125-134.
Tepper, L., Rogers, S. A., Coleman, E. M., & Malony, H. N. (2001). The prevalence of religious coping among persons with persistent mental illness. Psychiatric Services. 52(5): 660-665.
Psychosis
Chadwick, P. (2000). Spiritual experience or religious psychosis. Nursing Times. 96(16): 42-43.
Gutierrez-Lobos, K. Schmid-Seigel, B. Bankier, B., and Walter, H. (2001). Delusions in first admitted patients: Gender, themes and diagnoses. Psychopathology. 34(1): 1-7.
Huguelet, P., Mohr, S., Borras, L., Gillieron, C., & Brandt, P. (2006). Spirituality and religious practices among outpatients with schizophrenia and their clinicians. Psychiatric services. 57(3): 366-372.
Kirov, G., Kemp, R., Kirov, K., & David, A. S. (1998). Religious Faith after psychotic illness. Psychopathology, 31, 234-245.
Kulhara, P., Avashti, A., and Sharma, A. (2000). Magico-religious beliefs in schizophrenia: A study from North India. Psychopathology. 33(2): 62-68.
Lukoff, D. (2005). Spiritual and transpersonal approaches to psychotic disorders. In S. G. Mijares & G. S. Khalsa (Eds.), The psychospiritual clinician’s handbook. (pp. 233-257). New York: Haworth Press.
Miller, R., & McCormack, J. (2006). Faith and religious delusions in first-episode schizophrenia. Social Work in Mental Health, 4(4), 37-50.
Murphy, M. A. (2000). Coping with the spiritual meaning of psychosis. Psychiatric rehabilitation journal. 24(2): 179-183.
Pierre, J. M. (2001). Faith or delusion: At the crossroads of religion and psychosis. Journal of Psychiatric Practice. 7(3): 163-72.
Siddle, R., Haddock, G., Tarrier, N., & Faragher, E. B. (2002). Religious delusions in patients admitted to hospital with schizophrenia. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol, 37, 130-138.
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Bipolar Disorder
Whitney, E. (1998). Mania as spiritual emergency. Psychiatric Services. 49(12): 1547-1548.
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Depression (Intervention Studies)
Azhar, M. Z., and Varma, S. L. (1995). Religious psychotherapy in depressive patients. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics. 63: 165-73.
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Anxiety (Intervention Studies)
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Kabat-Zinn, J., Massion, A. O., Kristeller, J., Peterson, L. G., Fletcher, K. E., Pbert, L., Lenderking, W. R., & Santorelli, S. F. (1992). Effectiveness of a meditation-based stress reduction program in the treatment of anxiety disorders. American Journal of Psychiatry. 149(7): 936-943.
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Spirituality Groupwork Models
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O’Rourke, C. (1997). Listening for the sacred: Addressing spiritual issues in the group treatment of adults with mental illness. Smith College Studies in Social Work, 67(2), 177-196.
Phillips, R., Lakin, R., & Pargament, K. (2002). Brief report: Development and implementation of a spiritual issues psychoeducational group for those with serious mental illness. Community Mental Health Journal, 38, 487-495.
Wong-McDonald, A. (2007). Spirituality and psychosocial rehabilitation: Empowering persons with psychiatric disabilities at an inner-city program. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 30(4), 295-300.
Comprehensive Books
Clarke, I. (Ed.) (2001). Psychosis and spirituality. London: Whurr Publishers.
Fallot, R. (Ed.) (1998). Spirituality and religion in recovery from mental illness. San Francisco, CA: Joseey-Bass Publishers.
Hartz, Gary W. (2005). Spirituality and mental health: clinical applications. New York: The Haworth Pastoral Press.
Helmeke, K. & Sori C. (2006). The therapist’s notebook for integrating spirituality in counseling (Eds). NY: Haworth Press.
Mijares, S. G. & Khalsa G. S. (2005) The psychospiritual clinician’s handbook. New York: The Haworth Press.
Miller W. R. (1999) Integrating spirituality into treatment. Washington: American Psychological Association.
Nelson, J. E. (1994). Healing the split: Integrating the spirit into our understanding of the mentally ill. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press.
Richards, S. R. & Bergin A. E. (2004) Casebook for a spiritual strategy in counseling and psychotherapy. Washington: American Psychological Association.
Swinton, J. (2001) Spirituality and mental health care. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
Perspectives of Mental Health Consumers
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Social Domain of Health
Arthur, C., (Ed.). (1993). Religion and
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amongst this demographic group.
Becvar, D.S. (Ed.). (1997). The
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Bell,
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between the black church and traditional social service agencies. Concludes by
suggesting what social service agencies, social work, social work education,
and black churches can do to develop cooperative relationships.
Beyer,
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Canda,
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Cnaan,
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Coward, H. (1997).
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correlation between religion and individual orientations toward work.
Day,
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An anthology of essays discussing the
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topics include religion and deviance, religion and victims' rights, and religious
commitment within the corrections environment.
Dietrich,
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Though published fifteen years ago, this collection includes a number of
essays pertinent to issues of religion and social justice. For instance, see
Barbara Hargrove, "Gender, the Family, and the Sacred," Benton
Johnson, "Religion and Politics in America," and Sister Marie Augusta
Neal, "Social Justice and the Sacred."
Hollyday, J. (1997). Then shall your light rise: Spiritual formation and social witness. Nashville, TN: Upper Room.
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which congregations integrate religious style and orientation to the social
world through mail surveys drawn from 5100 members of 62 Midwestern
congregations.
Nash, M. and Stewart, B. (Eds.) (2002). Spirituality and Social Care. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
The
authors of this collection of essays, including social workers, religious
professionals, psychologists and academics, draw on theological and
philosophical ideas from different cultures to explore and develop the role of
spiritual awareness in their work, with special emphasis on community
development and social justice.
Puchalski,
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The author presents theological discussion
of reconciliation in a world of oppression and injustice from a Catholic
viewpoint.
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Provides a theoretical model concerning the
integration of religious cultural elements into democratic social movements.
Applies this model to four efforts to promote social justice among low-income
urban residents in the United States.
Yocum,
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Personal Retreats
Here
is a workbook especially for those who want to spend time alone with God and be
more attentive to God's presence, but do not have a practical idea of how to
begin. Excerpting text from the original book, the workbook offers five weeks
of daily readings, as well as exercises and reflection questions based on the
day's reading.
Feldman, C. and Kornfield, J. (Eds.) (1991). Stories of the spirit, stories of the heart: Parables of the spiritual path from around the world. New York: HarperCollins Publishers.
Foster,
R.J. (1992). Prayer: Finding
the Heart’s True Home.
San Francisco: Harper-SanFrancisco.
Written by a Quaker, the author
discusses about 21 different types of prayer including the prayer of the
forsaken (dark night of the soul prayer), formation prayer, contemplative
prayer, healing prayer, radical prayer, etc.
A valuable resource for anyone pursuing this type of depth work
Fowler,
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Fowler, J. (1991).
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Hermes,
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Job, R.P. and Shawchuck, N.
A Guide to Prayer for All God's People.
A
compilation of scripture, prayers, and spiritual readings, this inexhaustible
resource contains thematically arranged material for each week of the year
and for monthly personal retreats.
Keating,
T. (1994). Invitation
to Love: The Way of Christian Contemplation. Continuum
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Keating,
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Meninger,
W.A. (1995). The
Loving Search for God: Contemplative Prayer and the Cloud of Unknowing. Continuum Publishing
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Holistic Perspectives on
Spirituality and Health
Canda,
E. R. & Furman, L. D. (1999). Spiritual Diversity in Social Work Practice.
New York, NY: The Free Press.
Clinebell, H. (1997). Anchoring Your Well-Being. Nashville: Upper Room Books.
Clinebell, H. (1992). Well-Being: A Personal Plan for Exploring and Enriching the
Seven Dimensions of Life. San
Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco.
A
practical and comprehensive guide to well-being through an exploration of seven
domains: mind, body, spirit,, love, work, play and earth.
Epperly,
Bruce (1997). Spirituality and Health,
Health and Spirituality: A New Journey of Spirit, Mind, and Body.
Mystic, CT: Twenty-Third Publications.
Maxwell, E. (1998).
At Eden’s Gate: Whole Health and Well-Being. Lindsborg, KS:
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Travis,
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Ten Speed Press.
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Practice
Guidelines for Professionals
Astrow, A. B., Puchalski, C. M., & Sulmasy,
D. P. (2001). Religion, Spirituality,
and Health Care: Social, Ethical, and
Practical Considerations. The American Journal of Medicine, 110, 283-287.
Urges
physicians to attend to spiritual needs of patients through referrals to chaplains, praying
with patients and encouraging religious practice.
Bauer, T., & Barron, C. R. (1995). Nursing interventions for spiritual
care: Preferences of the
community-based elderly. Journal of Holistic Nursing, 13(3),
268-275.
Has
developed commentary as well as table of results
Boland,
C. S. (1998). Parish Nursing. Journal
of Holistic Nursing 16(3), 355-364.
Provides
recommendations for nursing education and research in addition to practice.
Canda, E. R., Nakashima, M., Burgess, V., Russel, R. & Barfield, S. T. (2003). Spiritual diversity and social work: A comprehensive bibliography with annotations, second edition. Alexandria, VA: Council on Social Work Education. (Also available in electronic searchable form at www.cswe.org.)
Dossey, Larry. (1993). Healing Words. New York: HarperCollins.
Epperly, B. (1995). To pray or not to pray:
reflections on the intersection of prayer and medicine. Journal of Religion and Health, 34(2), 141-148.
Presents
a "new theology of prayer," relational and holistic. Emphasis on divine/human synergy that contributes
to healing.
Epperly, B.. (2000). Prayer, process, and the
future of medicine. Journal of Religion
and Health, 39.(1), 23-37.
Lays
out a "metaphysics for a new medicine," a new model of medicine
to replace the linear and reductionistic one of modern biomedicine.
This metaphysics is based on, 1) the reality of relatedness, 2) partnership
of mind/body/spirit, 3) the multifactorial nature of causation, and 4) divine
and human creativity and healing.
Hawks, S. R., Hull, M. L., Thalman, R. L.,
& Richins, P. M. (1995). Review of
Spiritual Health: Definition, Role, and
Intervention Strategies in Health Promotion.
American Journal of Health
Promotion, 9(5), 371-378.
Offers
model, techniques (such as imagery and meditation), and definition of spiritual
health. Uses results from three studies to draw conclusions.
Koenig, H.
(1999). The Healing Power of Faith: Science Explores Medicine's Last Great
Frontier. New York: Simon and
Schuster.
Most
relevant for this study is the section at the beginning in which Koenig defines
faith and discusses the characteristics of faith that help individuals cope
with medical problems, and lists some of the ways that faith appears to serve
as a shield against negative or unhealthy responses to life and health challenges.
Krause, N., Chatters, L.M. et al. (2000). Using
focus groups to explore the nature of prayer in late life. Journal of Aging Studies, 14(2), 191-209.
Eight
focus groups were designed to examine the content domain of religion in late
life.
Meinert, R.G., Pardeck, J.T. and Murphy, J.W.
(Eds.). (1998). Postmodernism,
Religion and the Future of Social Work.
New York: Haworth Press.
Morse, E.V., Morse, P.M. et al. (2000). The use
of religion among HIV-infected African American Women. Journal of Religion and Health, 39(3), 261-276.
Good
lit. review on various aspects of the relationship between rel/spir and health.
Study separates and examines public and private religiosity. An interesting look at how health risky
behavior, and other factors relate to religiosity.
O'Neill, D. P., & Kenny, E. K. (1998). Spirituality and chronic illness. Image: Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 30(3),
Fall 1998 article 60.
Urges
nurses to incorporate spirituality through fostering integrity within patients, promoting
interpersonal bonding, and facilitating meaning making.
Ruffin, E. W.. Values in Social
Work Ministry with Families Affected by Mental Retardation: A System
Model. Social Work and Christianity, 14(2). 99-111.
Advocates
for Christian value system for social work in mental retardation.
Sellers, S. C., & Haag, B. A. (1998). Nursing; Spirituality. Journal
of Holistic Nursing, 16(3), 18-28.
Study
which surveyed nurses as to most frequent spiritual nursing interventions. Most of article on methodology but table
contains list of interventions.
Shelp, E.E. and Sunderland, R.H. (2000). Sustaining Presence. Nashville: Abingdon Press.
Turton, CLR. (1995). Spiritual needs of hospitalized Ojibwe people. Michigan
Nurse MICH NURSE), 68(5).
Briefly encapsulates spiritual
needs/beliefs of Ojibawe
Wright, K. B. (1998). Professional, ethical, and legal implications for spiritual care
in nursing. Image: Journal of Nursing
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Provides guidelines in assessing spirituality
using genograms, spiritual history, and Virginia Satir model to aid in
overall assessment process.
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M., Medefindt, J., Gallo, M. A., Calvino, C., & Kutza, T. (2000). Opportunities for Enhanced Spirituality
Relevant to Well Adults. Nursing Diagnosis, 11(4), 151-166.
Identifies seven factors to assess
spirituality: connectedness, beliefs, divine providence, inner motivating
factors, understanding the mystery, walking through, and life events.
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studies. Reviews a number of assessment models using a six-part evaluation
framework. This publication is available for $11.99 from NIHR.
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Spiral bound booklet, which includes experiential exercises that
participants can use to clarify their personal definition of health and values.
This booklet is available for $17.50 from the International Parish Nurse
Resource Center.
Ingersoll,
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Religious/Spiritual
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of Psychiatry,
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This assessment has questions listed for specific developmental stages
ranging from age 3 to 65+ years.
Trinity
Medical Center, You Are Not Alone
A notebook that contains twenty topics
including spiritual doubt, coping with anger, loneliness, self-esteem,
etc. Pages are designed to be photocopied and distributed to individuals
who express a concern related to one of the topics. This book is available
for $18.50 from the International Parish Nurse Resource Center.
United
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A manual that provides information
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questionnaires and other tools. We have this in our possession.
United
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Questionnaires
Three instruments for surveying the
health needs in local churches and congregations, which is free from
the UMC Health Welfare Ministries.
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