Developing an adequate "pneumatraumatology": understanding the spiritual impacts of traumatic injury.

Autor: Bidwell DR; Pastoral Care and Training Center, Brite Divinity School, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX 76129, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: The journal of pastoral care & counseling : JPCC [J Pastoral Care Counsel] 2002 Summer; Vol. 56 (2), pp. 135-43.
DOI: 10.1177/154230500205600204
Abstrakt: Psychosocial interventions and systematic theology are primary resources for chaplains and congregational pastors who care for victims of physical trauma. Yet these resources may not be adequate to address the spiritual impacts of trauma. This article proposes a preliminary "pneumatraumatology," drawing on early Christian asceticism and Buddhist mysticism to describe one way of understanding the spiritual impacts of traumatic injury. It also suggests possible responses to these impacts informed by narrative/constructionist perspectives and Breggemann's understanding of the dimensions of spiritual transformation in the Hebrew Bible.
Databáze: MEDLINE