Religious Values

Religious Symbols and Religious Garb in the Courtroom: Personal Values and Public Judgments

Values and religious issues in psychotherapy and mental health.

A decade of work by Bergin and others is reviewed and synthesized concerning two broad issues: (a) the role of values in psychotherapy and (b) the relation of religion to mental health. Trends have changed and there is now more professional support for addressing values issues in treatment. There is also more openness to the healthy potentialities of religious involvement, and therapists themse...

Chapter One CONTESTED CHANGES—“FAMILY VALUES” IN LOCAL RELIGIOUS LIFE

The Role of Religious Values: Young Christians’ Opinions towards Tattoos

Since the 1960s tattooing has become increasingly popular in mainstream American society (Rubin, 1988; Schildkrout, 2004). Explanations for this phenomenon include expressing individuality and gaining acceptance into a subculture (Blanchard, 1991; Gagne & Orend, 2009). Although research has demonstrated that spirituality can influence tattooing practices (Caplan, 2000; Swartz, 2006), few studie...

Autonomy, religious values, and refusal of lifesaving medical treatment.

The principal question of this paper is: Why are religious values special in refusal of lifesaving medical treatment? This question is approached through a critical examination of a common kind of refusal of treatment case, one involving a rational adult. The central value cited in defence of honouring such a patient's refusal is autonomy. Once autonomy is isolated from other justificatory fact...