Chapter 3 Religion and Spirituality in the Healthcare Service Introduction This chapter is about the way spirituality is understood in relation to religion. In chapter two, I demonstrated that spirituality is a term with a lot of different meanings. I sought to group some related concepts of spirituality into three families: spirituality as a unifying and transcendence force; as needs expressed by patients; and simply as a vague and unclear concept. At the end of the chapter, I concluded that even though the understanding of spirituality is diffuse, it is an important and useful concept that points to absences in healthcare. The varied connotations of spirituality reveal the complexity of human beings and the specificity of healthcare. In this chapter, I move on to discuss spirituality in relation to religion in the healthcare context. The confusion about spirituality arises not only because the term is diffuse and vague, but more importantly, because of the confused relationship between religion and spirituality. With special reference to Christianity, I argue that different understandings of the various anthropological terms in the Bible cause confusion about spirituality. There has also been a separation of spiritual care from its Christian root (i.e., pastoral care). Because of this separation of spirituality from relationship with God, the concept has become fragmented and confusing.
Chapter 3 Religion and Spirituality in the Healthcare Service <br>Introduction <br>This chapter is about the way spirituality is understood in relation to religion. In chapter two, I demonstrated that spirituality is a term with a lot of different meanings. I sought to group some related concepts of spirituality into three families: spirituality as a unifying and transcendence force; as needs expressed by patients; and simply as a vague and unclear concept. At the end of the chapter, I concluded that even though the understanding of spirituality is diffuse, it is an important and useful concept that points to absences in healthcare. The varied connotations of spirituality reveal the complexity of human beings and the specificity of healthcare. In this chapter, I move on to discuss spirituality in relation to religion in the healthcare context. The confusion about spirituality arises not only because the term is diffuse and vague, but more importantly, because of the confused relationship between religion and spirituality. With special reference to Christianity, I argue that different understandings of the various anthropological terms in the Bible cause confusion about spirituality. There has also been a separation of spiritual care from its Christian root (i.e., pastoral care). Because of this separation of spirituality from relationship with God, the concept has become fragmented and confusing.
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