• To understand the relationship of the martial arts to Buddhism, then, it is necessary to know something of the history and nature of Buddhist institutions in Asia, and, also of the ways in which Western perceptions of Eastern religion and spirituality have contributed to contemporary understandings and, in many cases, distortions of Asian Buddhism. (encyclopedia.com)
  • Falun Gong symbol, the Dharma Wheel Practice, with symbols of the yin and yang of Taoism, and the swastika symbol of Hinduism and Buddhism. (creation.com)
  • The gift of most of these chapters on religion in clinical specialties is that they are written by physicians practicing in the respective disciplines. (jcrt.org)
  • PURPOSE: Religious traditions call their members to care for the poor and marginalized, yet no study has examined whether physicians' religious characteristics are associated with practice among the underserved. (duke.edu)
  • This study examines whether physicians' self-reported religious characteristics and sense of calling in their work are associated with practice among the underserved. (duke.edu)
  • METHODS: This study entailed a cross-sectional survey by mail of a stratified random sample of 2,000 practicing US physicians from all specialties. (duke.edu)
  • Physicians who were more religious in general, as measured by intrinsic religiosity or frequency of attendance at religious services, were much more likely to conceive of the practice of medicine as a calling but not more likely to report practice among the underserved. (duke.edu)
  • Joel Bauman, MD, a geriatrician now working in a hospice, describes ways that physicians are called to provide compassionate support and sometimes spiritual care of dying patients. (humanmedia.org)
  • Within the Sacchedina hermeneutical approach,[1] it can be interpreted that the Islamic duty to protect life/nonmaleficence,[2] establishes the ethics foundation for the practice of medicine by Muslim physicians. (medicineandreligion.com)
  • Medical ethics has a long history in our country, and great Iranian physicians laid special emphasis on teaching and practising traditional ethics. (who.int)
  • and practising ethics for physicians. (who.int)
  • Traveled extensively to sacred sites in over 40 countries to study world mythology, religion, spirituality, wisdom traditions and indigenous healing and wellness practices. (drugabuse.com)
  • Service providers need to listen to the communities they serve, and support the healing practices of oppressed communities, particularly Black, Indigenous, people of color (BIPOC). (preventconnect.org)
  • This is the indigenous peoples' own spiritual knowledge, practiced culturally for thousands of years and transmitted through generations by the spiritual authorities, allowing the physical and cultural existence of the indigenous peoples. (bvsalud.org)
  • Health personnel shall respect traditional and/or ancestral medical systems, the development of their own models of care and shall seek to articulate the provision of health services with the practices of traditional and/or ancestral medicine, thus making it possible to respond to the needs of indigenous peoples, Afro-descendants and others in their socio-cultural context and in the territory they inhabit. (bvsalud.org)
  • My interest in healing and identity-forming practices developed during repeated field work among the indigenous Mi'kmaq people of Canada in the 1990s to carry out research on their traditions and rites. (lu.se)
  • The New Age Movement includes elements of older spiritual and religious traditions combined with science, particularly Ecology, Environmentalism, Gaia Theory, and Psychology. (projectavalon.net)
  • He recently served as vice-chair of the National Review Board for the Protection of Children and Youth for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and is past-president of the Society for the Psychology of Religion and Spirituality (Division 36) of the American Psychological Association. (dsj.org)
  • He teaches courses in abnormal, clinical, health, and general psychology as well as ethics and maintains a private clinical practice as a licensed psychologist in Menlo Park, CA. His practice specializes in Catholic and Episcopalian clerics and laypersons. (dsj.org)
  • Combining innovative techniques in new science (such as epigenetics and neuroplasticity) with disciplines like Chinese medicine, yoga, shamanic healing, psychology, psychiatry and more, the residential rehab provides clients with a variety of methods for overcoming addiction. (drugabuse.com)
  • 3] Certain religions have objections to autopsy (eg, Islam, Judaism) in that bodily intrusion violates the sanctity of keeping the human body complete, despite those religious doctrines not strictly forbidding it. (medscape.com)
  • I have seen first hand the power and significance of providing spiritual care to all people of all faith traditions. (preventionandhealing.com)
  • Guided Meditation is also practiced outside religious traditions. (thehouseofoojah.com)
  • The Spiritual Care Podcast , with Humankind host David Freudberg, is non-sectarian and features voices from a variety of faith traditions and walks of life. (humanmedia.org)
  • Between 1883 and 1996, more than 150,000 First Nation, Métis and Inuit children were placed in residential schools in an attempt to eradicate their language, cultural traditions and spiritual beliefs, and assimilate them into Canadian society. (ucalgary.ca)
  • Different traditions, beliefs, and practices surrounding death are common to all cultures and religions, and they have resulted in conflict regarding anatomic dissections and postmortem examinations. (medscape.com)
  • 1] People from more westernized or diverse environments tend to have less cohesive connections with traditions, religion, and beliefs, and have a greater acceptance of autopsies. (medscape.com)
  • In contrast, non-westernized cultural groups generally have more unified traditions, beliefs, and practices surrounding death, and they more frequently have religious objections to autopsy. (medscape.com)
  • Religious leaders such as R. Albert Mohler Jr., president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, see this debate as a confirmation of what they have been trying to tell their flocks for years - yoga is Hindu and the practice imperils the souls of Christians who engage in it. (womenofgrace.com)
  • Falun Gong is a works-based, eastern mystical religion [but] Christians believe people are saved and transformed by divine grace, which comes through Christ's atoning work upon the cross, and sanctified by the power of the indwelling divine Holy Spirit. (creation.com)
  • There are two billion Christians in the world and the religion is gaining new ground in developing countries. (lu.se)
  • Sweden is one of the Western world's least Christian countries, with less than 10% of Swedes calling themselves practising Christians. (lu.se)
  • Christian, Buddhist, Hindu, Jewish, Muslim and Sufi leaders and organizations, as well as non-affiliated spiritual and service groups, license Ladinsky's work for use and reprint. (wikipedia.org)
  • Though this example is somewhat extreme, in coming to terms with Buddhist ethics and practice, it suggests the importance of the historical and social contexts of Buddhist institutions. (encyclopedia.com)
  • 6 Thus, it implies the mystical study, spiritual practice, and propagation of Buddhist teaching, although one blended with aspects of Taoism. (creation.com)
  • Frustrated with the American practice of yoga and its distorted view of the Hinduism upon which it is based, the influential Hindu American Foundation has launched a campaign to "Take Back Yoga" by reminding people that yoga is indeed part of the Hindu religion. (womenofgrace.com)
  • The debate started months ago when Dr. Shukla published an essay critical of how the modern yoga industry tried to decouple the practice "from the Hinduism that gave forth this immense contribution to humanity. (womenofgrace.com)
  • He followed this article a few months later with a column that appeared in the Washington Post about how Hinduism had become a victim of "overt intellectual property theft," made possible by generations of Hindu yoga teachers who had "offered up a religion's spiritual wealth at the altar of crass commercialism. (womenofgrace.com)
  • Now Africans are adopting Christianity as their religion. (lu.se)
  • Christianity did not originate as a Western religion. (lu.se)
  • The interpretation of Christianity around the world is spiritual, and our Nordic Christianity has become modern and disenchanted, which wouldn't work in Africa. (lu.se)
  • The group of researchers linked to the platform comprises scholars from several disciplines in the humanities and social sciences: Church History, Educational Sciences, Ethics, Gender Studies, Global Christianity and Interreligious Relations, Jewish Studies, Law, Philosophy of Religion, Political Science, Sociology and Systematic Theology. (lu.se)
  • We deliberately avoided the intermingling of attitudes, convictions and practices, and thus addressed the distinct forms and frequencies of spiritual/religious practices in an additional manual, the SpREUK-P questionnaire. (biomedcentral.com)
  • He has also performed surveys of people's spiritual experiences and attitudes. (allamericanspeakers.com)
  • Allopathic medical professionals in developed nations have started to collaborate with traditional, complementary, and alternative medicine (TCAM) to enquire on the role of religion/spirituality (r/s) in patient care. (researchgate.net)
  • 87 % of TCAM and 73 % of allopaths believed spiritual healing to be beneficial and complementary to allopathic medical care. (researchgate.net)
  • Approaches like the latter are isolated from their cultural and religious roots by the Western complementary and alternative medicine and directed against migraine. (unexplained-mysteries.com)
  • But how does one engage in the actual practice of New Age meditation? (lighthousetrailsresearch.com)
  • Such typical therapies of which successes in migraine treatment have been reported are e.g. acupuncture and acupressure, homoeopathy, meditation, Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), sensory deprivation, shiatsu, yoga, autogenic training as well as prayers and spirituality in general. (unexplained-mysteries.com)
  • Malas have been used for thousands of years as a meditation and prayer tool by members of Dharmic religions and other spiritual followers. (dharmacrafts.com)
  • Inspiration for your meditation practice and everyday life. (dharmacrafts.com)
  • One of the those scholars, Loriliai Biernacki, a professor of Indian religions at the University of Colorado, told the Times that she believes the debate is raising important issues about a spectrum of Hindu concepts that have permeated American culture, including meditation, belief in karma and reincarnation, and even cremation. (womenofgrace.com)
  • Early work has focused on the development of models regarding which brain areas are affected through spiritual practices such as meditation or prayer. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Over the last 20 years, there has been an extensive growth in neuroimaging and other physiological studies evaluating the effect of meditation, spiritual practices, and mystical experiences. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Both TCAM (81.8 %) and allopathic (63.7 %) professionals agree that spirituality as an academic subject merits inclusion in health education programs (p = 0.0003). (researchgate.net)
  • Inclusion of spirituality in the health care system is a need for Indian medical professionals as well as their patients, and it could form the basis for integrating TCAM and allopathic medical systems in India. (researchgate.net)
  • Back as far as 1990, over 250 studies have shown that religion plays a significant outcome in physical health. (beliefnet.com)
  • This study demonstrated that prayer and prayer experiences have a positive effect on the general health of those who practice it. (beliefnet.com)
  • Spiritual health of oncology patients: Nurse and patient perspectives. (beliefnet.com)
  • Religion and health: Is there an association? (beliefnet.com)
  • Health practices and cancer mortality among active California Mormons. (beliefnet.com)
  • They do demonstrate a clear connection between spirituality and a corresponding physical and emotional health. (beliefnet.com)
  • Several genres of writing stereotypically intersect with the topics of medicine and religion: empirical studies of religion's impact on various health outcomes, historical studies of the relationships between religion and medicine, and general guidebooks on being a more spiritually sensitive healthcare practitioner. (jcrt.org)
  • Brett McCarthy and Warren Kinghorn explore the role of theology in evaluating religion and health. (jcrt.org)
  • The closing chapter is a meta-analysis of the field of medicine and religion by noted biostatician Tyler VanderWeele, synthesizing statistics concerning the role of religion and health across disciplines. (jcrt.org)
  • In order to examine how patients with severe diseases view the impact of spirituality and religiosity on their health and how they cope with illness, we have developed the SpREUK questionnaire. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The current re-evaluation of the SpREUK-P questionnaire (Version 1.1) indicates that it is a reliable, valid measure of five distinct forms of spiritual, religious and philosophical practice that may be especially useful for assessing the role of spirituality and religiosity in health related research. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Within the last years scientific research approved several connections between religion, spirituality, and health. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Dr Yu goes on to say: "By contrast, most forms of holistic health and healing, on the other hand, begin with the fundamental assumption that we are spiritual beings temporarily inhabiting physical bodies during our time here on the physical plane. (preventionandhealing.com)
  • If this truth is to be honored, spiritual laws and energetic principles must be taken into account when we consider issues of health and illness. (preventionandhealing.com)
  • Many patients are unaware of the importance of their spirituality in maintaining spiritual wellness and overall physical and mental health. (preventionandhealing.com)
  • He has also been particularly interested in the relationship between the brain, religion, and health. (allamericanspeakers.com)
  • Finally, he has evaluated the relationship between religious and spiritual phenomena and health. (allamericanspeakers.com)
  • Dr. Newberg helped develop stress-management programs for the University of Pennsylvania Health Systems and received a Science and Religion Course Award from the Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences for his program entitled "The Biology of Spirituality" in the Department of Religious Studies, University of Pennsylvania. (allamericanspeakers.com)
  • is the Augustin Cardinal Bea, S.J. University Professor and directs the Spirituality and Health Institute at Santa Clara University. (dsj.org)
  • He has authored or edited 21 books including, Graduating with Honor: Best Practices to Promote Ethics Development in College Students (2017), Do the Right Thing: Living Ethically in an Unethical World (2004), Sexual Abuse in the Catholic Church: A Decade of Crisis, 2002-2012 (2011), Spiritual Practices in Psychotherapy: Thirteen Tools for Enhancing Psychological Health (2009), Faith and Health: Psychological Perspective (2001), among others. (dsj.org)
  • An Exploration of Spiritual HealingThroughout time, mankind has constantly been seeking ways to maintain their health and to cure those that had not been so fortunate in that task. (artscolumbia.org)
  • In times of crisis, chaplains understand the importance of attending to psychosocial and spiritual health. (nacc.org)
  • Journal of Religion and Health 52, no. 3 (2013): 789-803. (csbibliography.org)
  • Researchers at the O'Brien Institute for Public Health at the Cumming School of Medicine (CSM) are working with the Métis Nation of Alberta to promote health equity and understand the relationship between Métis identity and well-being. (ucalgary.ca)
  • However, the trauma of residential schools and other colonial policies and practices continue to negatively impact individual, family, and community health, she says. (ucalgary.ca)
  • The overall relationship between spiritual fitness and a person's complete physical and mental health is a topic of investigation in the emerging field of study called neurotheology. (sciencedaily.com)
  • promotes the articulation of activities between health professionals and traditional medicine, under the concept of complementarity and with the use of norms and agreements that guarantee timely and quality care for the population, and respect for the decisions of individuals and communities. (bvsalud.org)
  • The authors address specific and highly contested issues as assisted suicide, stem cell research, cloning, reproductive health, and alternative medicine as well as more general questions such as who legitimately speaks for religion in public bioethics, what religion can add to our understanding of justice, and the value of faith-based contributions to healthcare. (lu.se)
  • Mystical, religious, or spiritual practices performed for health benefit. (bvsalud.org)
  • Different meditative disciplines encompass a wide range of spiritual and/or psychophysical practices which may emphasize different goals -- from achievement of a higher state of consciousness, to greater focus, creativity or self-awareness, or simply a more relaxed and peaceful frame of mind. (thehouseofoojah.com)
  • A new review examines research that finds spiritual fitness, a new concept in medicine that centers on psychological and spiritual wellbeing, and Kirtan Kriya, a simple 12-minute meditative practice, may reduce multiple risk factors for AD. (sciencedaily.com)
  • A new review in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease , published by IOS Press, examines research that finds spiritual fitness, a new concept in medicine that centers on psychological and spiritual wellbeing, and Kirtan Kriya, a simple 12-minute meditative practice, may reduce multiple risk factors for AD. (sciencedaily.com)
  • This article derives from the PhD thesis "Experience of illness and self-care practices of people with cancer in Palliative Care" from the Nursing School of the Federal University of Pelotas. (bvsalud.org)
  • Peteet and Balboni have made a thoughtful, useful contribution to the growing field of religion and medicine, for which we owe them our thanks. (jcrt.org)
  • Spiritual resilience is therefore the ability to build physical and spiritual endurance in ministry (Torres-Chinea, J. M., 2020), as one adapts to the changes and challenges in one's ministry that induces debilitating stress. (nacc.org)
  • Leading scholars such as Gary Ferngren look at the role of religion and medicine in historical perspective drawing on more respective work. (jcrt.org)
  • The fight was on, and an important debate began to take shape on the internet and throughout the American yoga community and among religion scholars. (womenofgrace.com)
  • Written by internationally renowned scholars, this Companion maps the moral teachings of the world s religions, and alsocharts new directions for work in the field of religious ethics. (lu.se)
  • This International Handbook presents the research and professional practice of scholars who are daily engaged in the consideration of these dimensions in education. (lu.se)
  • That drew the attention of Dr. Deepak Chopra, an Indian-American New Age guru who promotes Indian practices such as yoga and Ayurvedic medicine. (womenofgrace.com)
  • Explore the best ways to kickstart an Ayurvedic practice this winter. (spiritualityhealth.com)
  • He received his B.A. in Religion and Political Science from Emory University, his MAR in Theology from the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia, his M.Div. from Yale Divinity School and his Th.M. with a concentration in Ethics from Duke Divinity School where he was Westbrook Fellow in the Program in Theology and Medicine. (jcrt.org)
  • His publications in medical ethics have appeared in the American Journal of Bioethics, Reviews in Religion and Theology and the Christian Century. (jcrt.org)
  • known as Haly Abbas to the Europeans, Recent major biomedical activities authored a book on medicine entitled Kamil in the Islamic Republic of Iran, with the al-tana'at al-tebbiyah (The complete medi- emphasis on medical ethics, are reviewed cal art). (who.int)
  • With In a response to the proposal made by the the foundation of the faculty of Medicine president of the Islamic Republic of Iran in in Tehran University in 1934, education in September 1998, the United Nations Ge- medical ethics comprised a part of medical neral Assembly declared 2001 as the year of student education courses [ 8 ]. (who.int)
  • A recent publication by Rakesh, G., Pier, K., & Costales, T.L. (2017), " A call for action: Cultivating resilience in healthcare providers ," in the American Journal of Psychiatry Residents' Journal , explores several aspects of resiliency practices and ways to inspire hope. (nacc.org)
  • Other therapies understand "illness as a way" (according to Dethlefsen/Dahlke) and try to find the spiritual causes of migraine. (unexplained-mysteries.com)
  • It is common knowledge that healthcare providers have one of the highest rates of burnout, including chaplains, who are often relied on to help address the moral distress of their colleagues, along with the spiritual care of patients and families. (nacc.org)
  • The article uses a clinical vignette of "Dr. B," a third-year internal medicine resident, to illustrate the problems of burnout among healthcare providers and the importance of action to address it. (nacc.org)
  • It highlights some best practices that are practical, proactive, and holistic in increasing healthcare workers' resilience. (nacc.org)
  • Manca interviews 11 current Christian Scientists and one former member in one region of Canada to compare their practices of healthcare. (csbibliography.org)
  • Does the integration of spirituality in healthcare really make a difference? (medicineandreligion.com)
  • The issues explored in this talk should be beneficial to the professional who would hopes to integrate spirituality in his or her healthcare setting. (medicineandreligion.com)
  • In the following sections, we aim to elucidate various cultural and religious beliefs surrounding the postmortem examination in hopes of helping the practicing pathologist and other healthcare professionals understand how these diverse viewpoints may influence the decision to perform an autopsy in both the clinical and legal settings. (medscape.com)
  • It arrogantly rejects the wisdom of thousands of years of human history, is fragmented to the point of dissociation, devoid of common sense, preoccupied with short-term material goals, a slave to its financial overlords, and utterly lacking in the requisite spiritual knowledge that would enable it to find its way out of its self-imposed foolishness. (preventionandhealing.com)
  • Six essential practices to cultivate love, awareness and wisdom. (thehouseofoojah.com)
  • The SBI-15R was designed to measure religious and spiritual beliefs and practices, and the social support derived from a community sharing those beliefs. (nih.gov)
  • The authors proposed this scale to address the need for greater exploration of spiritual and religious beliefs in QOL, stress and coping research. (nih.gov)
  • The research team identified four domains comprised of 35 items that make up spiritual and religious beliefs and practices. (nih.gov)
  • A principal components analysis with varimax rotation of the SBI-54 identified two factors, in contrast to the four which were hypothesized, one measuring spiritual beliefs and practices, the other measuring social support related to the respondent's religious community. (nih.gov)
  • The SBI-15R may have value in measuring religious and spiritual beliefs as a potentially mediating variable in coping with life-threatening illness, and in the measurement of QOL. (nih.gov)
  • Although cultural or religious beliefs are often cited as a reason for opposition to autopsy, most religions and cultures find autopsy acceptable on the basis of either the individual's beliefs or under what are deemed to be special circumstances. (medscape.com)
  • New Age practices and philosophies are found among many diverse individuals from around the world and range from atheism and monotheism to classical pantheism, including naturalistic pantheism or panentheism. (projectavalon.net)
  • Gawain believed that one could stay a Jew, Catholic, or Protestant and still practice the teachings of the book. (lighthousetrailsresearch.com)
  • Her Episcopalian faith was a guiding light in her life, and she believed it should inform her medical practice. (psychiatrictimes.com)
  • This paper will look at the 30 year experience of the author as a practicing physician before and after he began integrating spirituality in his medical practice. (medicineandreligion.com)
  • Dunbar worked closely with Anton Boisen, a clergyman inpatient at Westboro Mental Hospital who was convinced that religion and psychiatry needed to be connected on a professional level. (psychiatrictimes.com)
  • Majority in both groups (75 % of TCAM and 84.6 % of allopathic practitioners) believed that patients' spiritual focus increases with illness. (researchgate.net)
  • There is also a third type of illness that can and is addressed, which is healing on the spiritual plan. (artscolumbia.org)
  • Illness, according to shamans, all begins on the spiritual plane(Griffin). (artscolumbia.org)
  • It was found that the nursing team perceives the patient and family's demand for spiritual care, and sometimes even has experiences and suggestions for interventions, especially those which cultivate faith and spirituality, but this does not happen with most of these professionals who demonstrate difficulties, unpreparedness and fear of taking on such care responsibility. (bvs.br)
  • In a recent article by Dr. Simon Yu, "Metaphysics and Medicine: Metamorphosis of Modern Medicine into Pseudo-Religion , " he reflects upon an essay written by Dr. Larry Malerba, DO from New York. (preventionandhealing.com)
  • Examining the fusion of Orthodox Christian identity-forming practices with nationalist binary codes and their counterintuitive effects on intergroup violence in Ukraine. (lu.se)
  • Somatic dysfunctions thus arose from patients' emotional problems, which led practitioners of psychosomatic medicine to search for psychological profiles characteristic of specific syndromes. (psychiatrictimes.com)
  • Quality of life is a multidimensional construct composed of functional, physical, emotional, social and spiritual well-being. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Thus, it is obvious that spiritual well-being is inextricably intertwined with the physical, social and emotional needs of patients. (biomedcentral.com)
  • and approval of the final version of healing practices that provide relief from physical, emotional, social, the manuscript. (bvsalud.org)
  • Spirituality and healing. (beliefnet.com)
  • Why is trusting your intuition, caring about what you put in your body, being positive, spiritual healing and knowing your potential as a human considered by so many in this forum to be less than any other 'belief' structure, including belief in ETs? (projectavalon.net)
  • Visitors are asked to respect that the centre is a healing and spiritual place. (openafrica.org)
  • A wise and heart-centered shamanic energy medicine practitioner who also practices functional nutrition through detoxification and plant centered healing. (thefourwinds.com)
  • Hyacinth works with Alberto on the Grow A New Body Detox Programs and travels sharing Energy Medicine healing, Adaptogenic Plant Medicine workshops and Cacao Ceremonies. (thefourwinds.com)
  • Healing lapis, the stone of the Medicine Buddha, is strung on elastic with 8 mm beads to fit the wrist of most men and women. (dharmacrafts.com)
  • Lapis is the gemstone associated with the Medicine Buddha, the healing aspect of Buddha-nature. (dharmacrafts.com)
  • However, there are still undertones of reliance on spiritual healing in modern medicine today and there are some in civilized, well developed parts of the world that have rejected modern medicine all together and adopted alternative healing methods. (artscolumbia.org)
  • Or do technical concerns precede the psychological and spiritual healing such interventions are intended to provide? (medicineandreligion.com)
  • I explore the role of the Muslim physician in healing and caregiving as worship and the patient as a means toward physician spirituality. (medicineandreligion.com)
  • F or many, religion and spirituality can be an essential source of healing, empowerment, and support, and mainstream service providers should consider ways in which they can support these practices and organizations throughout and after a disaster. (preventconnect.org)
  • Connecting with traditional practices of food production and medicine, and sharing those with the community can not only help communities physically survive, but serve as a source of healing and resilience. (preventconnect.org)
  • The Amhara region leads in cultural and religious sites in Ethiopia, with its churches and holy water sites attracting thousands of pilgrims seeking spiritual cleansing and physical healing. (who.int)
  • Focus lies on social relations and expressions within the group, and these relations' ability to create collective identity and collective action in the form of Sufi practices. (lu.se)
  • Join me as I, JJ DiGeronimo, interview many lightworker friends who provide fantastic insight into a collective quest for spiritual growth and illumination! (tunein.com)
  • New Age (New Age Movement and New Age Spirituality) is a social collective phenomenon and a spiritual nature movement that seeks Universal Truth through the Oneness of Humanity. (projectavalon.net)
  • This study documents how religious practice lessens the effects of sickle-cell anemia. (beliefnet.com)
  • The new 25-item SpREUK-P 1.1 (Cronbach's alpha = 0.8517) has the following scales: (1) conventional religious practice (CRP), (2) existentialistic practice (ExP), (3) unconventional spiritual practice (USP), (4) nature/environment-oriented practice (NoP), and (5) humanistic practice (HuP). (biomedcentral.com)
  • After examining the role of religion in various clinical specialties, the book moves on the treat other aspects of the interaction between religion and medicine. (jcrt.org)
  • Therefore, Shamanism is a way of life revolving around interaction of the spiritual and physical worlds(Shamanism). (artscolumbia.org)
  • There is a need to develop better interaction/spiritual care skills by nursing professionals in the challenging context of the search for meaning, faith and hope mobilized by the disease experience. (bvs.br)
  • In Islam, freedom or liberty is even more monotheistic religions are largely similar in important than life itself. (who.int)
  • 7 The movement is also one that strongly urges faithful obedience to the centralised leadership, 8 and some former members have accused the organisation of encouraging followers to work long hours without pay, and reject Western medicine, even for life-threatening conditions. (creation.com)
  • Most of those who convert in Africa are not Muslims, but rather are followers of traditional religions in which it is possible to be a Tanzanian, Maasai and Christian at once. (lu.se)
  • Treating the issues of religion as they specifically relate to various clinical specialties is not only wholistically sensitive - it is practically wise. (jcrt.org)
  • Practices that integrate body, mind, and spirit have been effective in combating caregiver fatigue and burnout. (nacc.org)
  • It is recognized by now that religious people generally enjoy more quality of life, live more healthily and longer and tend less to depression and suicide provided that it is a religion which emphasizes positive human values like love, justice, welfare, freedom, etc. (unexplained-mysteries.com)
  • Generally, it is acknowledged that religions regulate the feelings of the people and therefore have an effect on the immune system and the psyche. (unexplained-mysteries.com)
  • Many people assume that spirituality is about religion and specific religious practices therefore they think they would be intruding to impose any inquiry. (preventionandhealing.com)
  • Many spiritual people wear malas as a continuous reminder to be mindful. (dharmacrafts.com)
  • People get attracted to Spirituality and embark on their spiritual journeys for different reasons. (spiritualresearchfoundation.org)
  • For many people, religion provides them with their first learnings about spiritual matters and things that are beyond the physical world. (spiritualresearchfoundation.org)
  • However, one of the fundamental principles of Spirituality is that there are as many paths to God as there are people . (spiritualresearchfoundation.org)
  • This does not come easy for most people, especially those who do not practice any religion, or those whose faith is shaken by life's adversity. (nacc.org)
  • The New York Times is reporting that the "Take Back Yoga" campaign is not necessarily aimed at convincing the 15 million Americans who currently practice it to become Hindu, but it wants people to be more aware of yoga's links to the religion. (womenofgrace.com)
  • They provide spiritual support for people in need, and often in distress. (humanmedia.org)
  • We also honor the many people on a spiritual - but not necessarily religious - journey. (humanmedia.org)
  • Their overwhelming knowledge of herbal medicine cannot be lost. (openafrica.org)
  • They can also be healers and usually have an extensive knowledge of herbal medicine. (openafrica.org)
  • Spiritual knowledge is often left out or treated minimally in the holistic model of patient care. (preventionandhealing.com)
  • A major problem is the lack of knowledge and understanding of those providing medical care as to what spiritual care really is. (preventionandhealing.com)
  • With all that being said, I think the first step for any medical care provider or patient is to have a working knowledge of what "Spirituality" is in the human experience. (preventionandhealing.com)
  • It is my hope that you will acquire the skills and knowledge to provide empathic spiritual care. (preventionandhealing.com)
  • Spirituality contains all the knowledge and memory of the past, present and future, from the beginning to the end of the Universe. (spiritualresearchfoundation.org)
  • and by specialists of these populations, holders of the knowledge and know-how of these medicines. (bvsalud.org)
  • Discover potential pitfalls for the spiritual seeker based on two decades of research. (spiritualityhealth.com)
  • It is up to each person to con-nect with Spirit and forge his or her own path, the path that is meant solely for them- develop the methods Spirit gifts each seeker and practice them. (facingnorth.net)
  • According to research, most of the spiritual healers are concentrated in primitive societies and undeveloped areas of the world. (artscolumbia.org)
  • There are numerous names for spiritual healers, but for simplicitys sake and the fact that the concentration is on American Indian Medicine, all spiritual healers will be lumped together as Shaman unless otherwise specified. (artscolumbia.org)
  • At the back of the Meher Baba book, he found the address of the five centers dedicated to the spiritual master. (wikipedia.org)
  • Connecticut Addiction Medicine, located between Middle Street and Main Street in Bridgeport, treats all kinds of substance abuse, and specializes in opioid addiction and alcoholism. (addictions.com)
  • Abetting such tendencies has been an uncritical use of categories that have emerged over the past two centuries in the study of religion both in Asia and the West, including the category of religion itself. (encyclopedia.com)
  • He is considered a pioneer in the neuroscientific study of religious and spiritual experiences, a field frequently referred to as - neurotheology. (allamericanspeakers.com)
  • He has served as Director of the Princeton University Center for the Study of Religion, President of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, and President of the Eastern Sociological Society. (amacad.org)
  • This study has spirituality in the hospital nursing care context as its theme. (bvs.br)
  • Opinion by Anne-Christine Hornborg, Professor 2014 Why would a history of religions scholar study coaching and lay therapy? (lu.se)
  • She also works with traditional Zulu medicine, muti, and is continually learning more about the plants from local Inyanga . (openafrica.org)
  • The more traditional Eastern religious practices, on which Falun Gong is based, include a commitment to follow the Tao (meaning 'the Way'), which is adapted from Taoism. (creation.com)
  • Traditional practices within a new social environment are also discussed. (lu.se)
  • Though Ladinsky's first visit lasted only two weeks, it started a process which continued with regular visits for the next two decades.He even lived in a nearby spiritual community at Meherazad for six years, working at the local free clinic In early 1990s, under the guidance of Jessawala, Ladinsky started working on English renderings of poems of Hafiz, a 14th-century Persian mystic poet. (wikipedia.org)
  • Overcrowding and sanitation practices in the Holly water sites have contributed to outbreaks of cholera outbreaks over the last two decades. (who.int)
  • The reason for the physical effect of religion and spirituality is not cleared in detail yet since it has to be looked for in the complex relationship of body and mind. (unexplained-mysteries.com)
  • It intends to examine the phenomenon of the migraine aura from the spiritual view and therefore to understand migraine as a physical and spiritual condition which corresponds to lived spirituality and, from there, is accessible and changeable. (unexplained-mysteries.com)
  • In breast cancer patients, Levine and Targ [ 3 ] found significant correlations of spirituality and spiritual well-being with functional well-being, while items pertaining to meaning and peace tended to correlate significantly with physical well-being. (biomedcentral.com)
  • It covers the whole physical world and the subtle unseen world, all the physical and spiritual regions, all physical and subtle frequencies, energies and vibrations, all positive and negative entities and all living beings and non-living beings in the whole Universe. (spiritualresearchfoundation.org)
  • A Shaman is a person anchored securely in both the physical world and the spiritual realm- a mediator if you will(Shamanism 1). (artscolumbia.org)
  • If left unchecked, then the spiritual disturbance manifests itself as a physical malady. (artscolumbia.org)
  • The relationship between the patient and physician still presents the issue of asymmetric spiritual gains, where the physician gains spiritually by "saving" a life, but the "saved" patient gains only in the material/physical sense. (medicineandreligion.com)
  • This work hopes to challenge the spiritual motivations in the practice of medicine as "worship through service," and explore ways of promoting a mutual spiritual value between giver and recipient. (medicineandreligion.com)