Ministry and Spiritual Care

مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

منو

" Ministry and Spiritual Care "
Wim Smeets

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1072222
Doc. No	:	LA115851
Call No	:	‭10.1163/15709256-12341260‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Wim Smeets
Title & Author	:	Ministry and Spiritual Care [Article]\ Wim Smeets
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Journal of Empirical Theology
Date	:	2013
Volume/ Issue Number	:	26/1
Page No	:	87–119
Abstract	:	This article presents an empirical exploration of the attitudes of spiritual caregivers in health care institutions in the Netherlands towards ministry and their professional goals. Ministry can be classified into ministry per se and the position and modes of operation of spiritual care. A distinction is made between an immediate professional goal (communication on worldviews) and an ultimate goal (contribution to spiritual health). We examine the effects of beliefs about ministry on the professional goals, while controlling for relevant population and institutional characteristics. Attitudes towards ministry have the greatest impact on the ultimate goal of spiritual health. They also have a substantial impact on one immediate goal: the experiential-affective goal. The broader concept of worldview or spiritual competence and its relevance to the goals of spiritual care needs further research. This article presents an empirical exploration of the attitudes of spiritual caregivers in health care institutions in the Netherlands towards ministry and their professional goals. Ministry can be classified into ministry per se and the position and modes of operation of spiritual care. A distinction is made between an immediate professional goal (communication on worldviews) and an ultimate goal (contribution to spiritual health). We examine the effects of beliefs about ministry on the professional goals, while controlling for relevant population and institutional characteristics. Attitudes towards ministry have the greatest impact on the ultimate goal of spiritual health. They also have a substantial impact on one immediate goal: the experiential-affective goal. The broader concept of worldview or spiritual competence and its relevance to the goals of spiritual care needs further research.
Descriptor	:	integration
Descriptor	:	ministry
Descriptor	:	spiritual health
Descriptor	:	worldview communication
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/15709256-12341260‬