Thematic criticizm shares a new concept inherited from romanticism: literary work is, first of all, the revelation invisible and hidden connections, inspiration. The wtiter’s attitude toward language makes text place invention rather than self-expression. criticism is internal. For those who know how to read, writer’s relationship world, other people, himself entirely contained in writer;s text...

The limits of Henriques' "overarching conceptions" approach to defining psychology is first tested by comparing and contrasting his conceptions to two burgeoning movements within psychology: qualitative research and spiritual therapy strategies. These movements were selected because they represent many other fragments of a fragmented psychology that could fall outside Henriques' disciplinary ma...

Chaplaincy Today • Volume 23 Number 2 • Autumn/Winter 2007 Medical practitioners and researchers continue to explore the association between spiritual/religious (SR) concerns and illness and medical care. Koenig et al. summarize over 1600 publications that describe this relationship. In a previous publication, we reported the statistically significant web of associations between the personal/pr...

This article delves into the Neolithic Age phenomenon of human sacrifice in Chengdu Plain. The innovative aspects include: first, we have summarized and categorized Yingpanshan Baodun cultures; second, identified that some relics previously deemed as ordinary tombs may actually be sacrificial remains; third, classified pits cultures based on their function; fourth, synthesized discussions previ...

This article examines the spiritual dimension of jazz performance by looking at first-person accounts improvising musicians and locating their experiential descriptions within a framework. The context is here defined as realm invisible processes that support underpin visible auditory dimensions improvised music. By collating evidence through accounts, series themes emerge (wonderment, force, in...

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to use a qualitative approach to better understand the importance and efficacy of addressing spiritual issues within an interdisciplinary bone marrow transplant clinic from the perspectives of patients and healthcare providers. SETTING Participants were recruited from the bone marrow transplant clinic of a large urban outpatient cancer care centre in w...

INTRODUCTION Nurses' spiritual wellbeing and their attitude toward spirituality and competence of nurses in providing of spiritual care can affect the quality of care in nursing. The aim of this study was to evaluate spiritual wellbeing, attitude toward spiritual care and its relationship with the spiritual care competence among nurses. METHODS This was a correlational descriptive study condu...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To identify spiritual well-being and spiritual practices in women with gynecologic cancer. DESIGN Descriptive, cross-sectional. SETTING Urban and rural communities in southeast Florida. SAMPLE Convenience sample of 85 women (X age = 65.72 years) with some form of gynecologic cancer. METHODS Participants completed questionnaires to assess spiritual well-being and spiri...