عنوان

Ministry and Spiritual Care

LA115851

انگلیسی

Ministry and Spiritual Care

[Article]

Wim Smeets

Leiden

Brill

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.

2013

87-119

Journal of Empirical Theology

26/1

1570-9256

integration

ministry

spiritual health

worldview communication

Wim Smeets

10.1163/15709256-12341260

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[Article]

275578

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