This paper attempts to define African spirituality as being imbedded in culturalcontextual settings, and uses three keywords to do so: ubuntu (community), ubunye (holism) and amandla (vitality). Some African art works are introduced as aesthetic embodiments of these concepts. A short account is given of the three keywords, coupled with an indication of certain indigenous connections with Christ...

The role of spirituality has become increasingly important in the field social work, especially when considering a holistic approach. Religion and are used to guide beliefs actions give meaning purpose life. This research, situated at an Evangelical Christian University, explored why it is critical for practitioners be spiritually equipped working with those need their perceptions importance fa...

Spirituality has gained increasing attention in the medical literature over the last twenty years. A PubMed search from 1881 to December 1993 reveals 7,032 articles with the words spirituality, spiritual, religion, religious, religiosity or faith in the title or abstract. A search to December 2013, however, shows 32,505 articles using the same search parameters (25,473 in 20 years), with 11,012...

The topic of spirituality is gaining an increasing visibility in organization studies. It is our contention that every theory of organization is a theory of organizational spirituality. Based on Barley and Kunda’s 1992 Administrative Science Quarterly article, we discuss the evolution of management theories as spirituality theories. From such analysis, we suggest that there may be both a meanin...

PURPOSE This article presents a model for research and practice that expands on the biopsychosocial model to include the spiritual concerns of patients. DESIGNS AND METHODS Literature review and philosophical inquiry were used. RESULTS The healing professions should serve the needs of patients as whole persons. Persons can be considered beings-in-relationship, and illness can be considered ...

Vermandere et al’s1 article highlighted endof-life care as a particular area where spirituality can play an important role. In a link between spirituality and another chronic disease we looked at spirituality and HIV (R Amuzie, unpublished data, 2009). Vermandere’s literature reviewproposes that spirituality has a key position in the management of HIV sufferers. HIV infection is a major global ...

Against the backdrop of a dramatic increase in the number of individuals living longer, particularly older women, it is vital that researchers explore the intersection of spirituality, gender, and aging. In this qualitative study of six women aged 80 and older, I explore, using, multiple, in-depth interviews, the experiences of spirituality over the life course. A hermeneutic phenomenological a...

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BACKGROUND Chronic illnesses are diseases of long duration and generally of slow progression. They cause significant quality of life impairment. The aim of this study was to analyse psychosocial predictors of quality of life and of subjective well-being in chronic Portuguese patients. METHODS Chronic disease patients (n = 774) were recruited from central Portuguese Hospitals. Participants com...