In many studies that address this issue of Christian based CBT there seems to be the approach that spirituality is only a compliment to secular counseling methods and that the type or religious process involved was not crucial to the process. This was not the case in Tans article, Tan imparts to the reader that the Christian based processes of faith, prayer, scripture and meditation of the word, the will and the power of God were complemented by secular counseling methods to impart greater success in client wellness. “We can observe what the effects of prayer and spiritual understanding are, and advise clients as to how they can use Scripture, how they can worship, and so forth in a way most helpful to them” (Tan, 2007). This aspect of faith and the realness of Gods ability and desire to heal are of primary importance to me as both a Christian and a student of CBT counseling
The main reason Lawrence Cunningham and John Kelsay use a phenomenological view point towards religion is for a better understanding. A better understand on a number of aspects for multiple different religions. The phenomenological approach helps them accomplish this by letting them look at religion in an un-bias way and be totally accepting of that religion’s traditions and ideas of sacred. They state in the text, “At its simplest, a phenomenological approach leads to an effort to understand religious thought and behavior from the point of view of the religious person.”, (Cunningham and Kelsay 4) this means that if that person says that a certain book or object is sacred we take them at their word that that book or object is sacred. Phenomenology is also geared towards creating a framework for understanding religious traditions.
Followers of each religion require special aspects to be considered when taken care of by health care providers. When these needs are met it results in compliance towards the health care providers recommendations. This paper explains that these particular religion’s beliefs and practices can be applied to improving the practice of health care. Religions and cultures share similarities and differences on philosophies of healing. The faiths chosen for this analysis are Islam, Sanatana Dharma (Hindu), the Native Americans, and Christianity.
One could continue the positive interpretation of Charles’ PR by extending it into religious policy. Through Laud a greater emphasis was placed on ceremony, churches were refurbished which can all be labelled under the term ‘beauty of holiness’. However, these may appear to be positives but in the context of earl modern Britain they caused some discontent and it appeared to upset the ‘Jacobethan balance’. Some of the physical changes received opposition, thus one must look at the role of religion in relation to whether Charles’ authority was severely questioned. Religious
Only through a lot of hard work, love, perseverance, guidance, and prayer can an alcoholic and their family heal, grow, and love again. Works cited – Alcoholics Anonymous. Alcoholic Anonymous World Services, Inc. 2001. Print American Heritage Stedmans Medical Dictionary, The. Houghton Mifflin Co. 2002.
In time, new terms were coined on the Linnaean model to designate humanity in various distinctive aspects: homo ludens (G. F. Creuzer and, later, Johan Huizinga), homo faber (Henri Bergson), homo viator (Gabriel-Honoré Marcel), and others. Perhaps the nineteenth century's growing awareness of the universality of religion, especially in the realm of the "primitives" (as they were then known), made it inevitable that a phrase would emerge to express that aspect of humanity that the Enlightenment's ideal had so opposed: homo religiosus, "the religious human." In some circles the expression has gained wide currency, but its sense has not remained constant. Three general meanings of homo religiosus are most important to students of religion. Homo Religiosus as Religious Leader In one meaning, homo religiosus refers to a particularly religious person within a given (religious) community, that is, to a religious leader.
"Support groups and self-help groups are structured for the purpose of providing patients with the opportunity to maintain or enhance personal and social functioning through cooperation and shared understanding of life's challenges" (Hayes et al., 2006; Yalom & Leszcz, 2005). The person who was delegating the groups were previous addicts who have been sober for some time. A better relationship begins because they can relate to the other members. In the Alcoholics Anonymous support group, two coins were given to sobriety, a three month and a nine month. These are great personal achievements for the member to accomplish and it takes motivation, determination, and support.
But for some of us it means so much more. You do notice there is a functionalist observation to support Theoretical Perspectives for instance, the powwow event in this society will have a religion tone, and because religious institutions have certain functions which contribute to the survival of the social system as a whole, just as the organs of the body have functions which are necessary for the body's survival. I was able to draw this
A.A. has been around quite a bit longer than N.A. A.A. was founded in 1935 by a man who had hit his last bottom. This man was Bill Wilson. He put together a program in which to help other people who struggled with alcoholism. After all, it saved him, why not pass on his new found good fortune?
A pilgrimage could be said be an adventure taken to arouse you anyway that is possible. Many have begun to believe that the thought of a pilgrimage has changed over time. This is true because during the middle age a pilgrimage was made for religious purposes, although now in modern times a pilgrimage can be made for many other reasons such as spiritual or self improvement. In the middle ages the purpose of going on pilgrimage was for a spiritual reason such as in The Canterbury Tales. They were going to visit shrines in distant holy lands and to Canterbury to visit the relics of Saint Thomas Becket in Canterbury Cathedral.