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Spirituality and wellbeing : interdisciplinary approaches to the study of religious experience and health / edited by Bettina E. Schmidt and Jeff Leonardi.

Contributor(s): Schmidt, Bettina, 1958- [editor.] | Leonardi, Jeff [editor.]
Material type: TextTextPublisher: Sheffield : Equinox Publishing Ltd., 2020Description: vi, 248 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781781797648; 1781797641; 9781781797655; 178179765XSubject(s): Health -- Religious aspects | Spirituality -- PsychologyDDC classification: 201/.661 LOC classification: BL65.M4 | S6784 2020Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Section One: Setting the Scene. -- Spirituality and Wellbeing: Is there a Necessary Link? Toward a Critical Approach to the Study of Spirituality / Everton de Oliveira Maraldi -- Clinical Parapsychology: The Interface Between Anomalous Experiences and Psychological Wellbeing / Chris Roe.
Section Two: The Body in Focus. -- Made in the Image: The Christian Understanding of the Body / Jeff Leonardi -- Spirituality and Wellbeing in Traditional China: Food, Self-Sacrifice, and Spiritual Practice in a Chinese Buddhist Legend / Thomas Jansen -- 'Spiritus Contra Spiritum': Spirituality, Belief and Discipline in Alcoholics Anonymous / Wendy Dossett.
Section Three: The Diversity of Perspectives. -- Narratives of Spirituality and Wellbeing: Cultural Differences and Similarities between Brazil and the UK / Bettina E. Schmidt -- Using Autoethnography to Explore the Experience of Spirituality in Epilepsy / Louise N. Spiers -- To Thine Own Self be True: Alcoholics Anonymous, Recovery and Care of the Self / Lymarie Rodriguez.
Section Four: Applied Practice. -- Religiosity, Spirituality and Wellbeing in the Perception of Brazilian Health and Mental Health Professionals / Marta Helena de Freitas -- Compassionate Presence: Buddhist Practice and the Person-Centred Approach to Counselling and Psychotherapy / Rebecca Seale.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Section One: Setting the Scene. -- Spirituality and Wellbeing: Is there a Necessary Link? Toward a Critical Approach to the Study of Spirituality / Everton de Oliveira Maraldi -- Clinical Parapsychology: The Interface Between Anomalous Experiences and Psychological Wellbeing / Chris Roe.

Section Two: The Body in Focus. -- Made in the Image: The Christian Understanding of the Body / Jeff Leonardi -- Spirituality and Wellbeing in Traditional China: Food, Self-Sacrifice, and Spiritual Practice in a Chinese Buddhist Legend / Thomas Jansen -- 'Spiritus Contra Spiritum': Spirituality, Belief and Discipline in Alcoholics Anonymous / Wendy Dossett.

Section Three: The Diversity of Perspectives. -- Narratives of Spirituality and Wellbeing: Cultural Differences and Similarities between Brazil and the UK / Bettina E. Schmidt -- Using Autoethnography to Explore the Experience of Spirituality in Epilepsy / Louise N. Spiers -- To Thine Own Self be True: Alcoholics Anonymous, Recovery and Care of the Self / Lymarie Rodriguez.

Section Four: Applied Practice. -- Religiosity, Spirituality and Wellbeing in the Perception of Brazilian Health and Mental Health Professionals / Marta Helena de Freitas -- Compassionate Presence: Buddhist Practice and the Person-Centred Approach to Counselling and Psychotherapy / Rebecca Seale.

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