Spiritual Transformation and Healing Anthropological, Theological, Neuroscientific, and Clinical Perspectives

, by Koss-Chioino, Joan D.; Hefner, Philip; Albright, Carol Rausch; Balzer, Marjorie Mandelstam; Bucklin, Mary Ann; Glass-Coffin, Bonnie; Hefner, Philip; Hogue, David; Hood, Ralph W., Jr.; Hufford, David; Hummel, Leonard M.; Ironson, Dale; Ironson, Gail; Katz,

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ISBN: 9780759108677 | 0759108676
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Copyright: 5/8/2006

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A new volume exploring spiritual transformation from various disciplinary perspectives.

Foreword

Solomon H. Katz

Preface

xiii

Ralph W. Hood Jr.

PART I: FINDING OUR WAY THROUGH NEW TERRAIN

1 Exploring Spiritual Transformation and Healing: Fundamental Issues

(7)

Philip Hefner and Joan D. Koss-Chioino

2 The Meaning of Spiritual Transformation

(15)

Kenneth I. Pargament

3 The Spirit of Spiritual Healing in the United States

(20)

David J. Hufford and Mary Ann Bucklin

PART II: TRADITIONAL AND INDIGENOUS HEALING SYSTEMS: ANTHROPOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES

4 Spiritual Transformation and Radical Empathy in Ritual Healing and Therapeutic Relationships

(17)

Joan D. Koss-Chioino

5 Radical Empathy, Gender, and Shamanic Healing: Examples from Peru

(16)

Bonnie Glass-Coffin

6 Sustainable Faith? Reconfiguring Shamanic Healing in Siberia

(23)

Marjorie Mandelstam Balzer

7 The Making of a Shaman: A Comparative Study of Inuit, African, and Nepalese Shaman Initiation

101

(18)

Edith L.B. Turner

PART III: SPIRITUAL TRANSFORMATION AND HEALING FROM RELIGIOUS PERSPECTIVES

8 Spiritual Transformation and Healing: An Encounter with the Sacred

119

(15)

Philip Hefner

9 Spiritual Transformation and Healing in Light of an Evolutionary Theology

134

(18)

Karl E. Peters

10 Personal Transformation: Perspectives from Psychology and Christianity

152

(16)

Fraser Watts

11 Spiritual Growth, Cognition, and Complexity: Faith as a Dynamic Process

168

(21)

Carol Ratisch Albright

PART IV: NEUROSCIENTIFIC PERSPECTIVES ON SPIRITUAL TRANSFORMATION AND HEALING

12 The Neurobiology of Spiritual Transformation

189

(17)

Andrew Newberg

13 Narrative in Holistic Healing: Empathy, Sympathy, and Simulation Theory

206

(17)

Michael L. Spezio

14 Healing of the Self-in-Context: Memory, Plasticity, and Spiritual Practice

223

(18)

David Allen Hogue

PART V: CLINICAL PERSPECTIVES ON SPIRITUAL TRANSFORMATION AND HEALING

15 Spirituality, Spiritual Experiences, and Spiritual Transformations in the Face of HIV

241

(22)

Gail Ironson, Heidemarie Kremer, and Dale S. Ironson

16 Spiritual Engagement and Transformation in Cancer Patients: The Experience of the Patient, the Role of the Physician

263

(18)

Jean L. Kristeller and Leonard M. Hummel

Index

281

(12)

About the Contributors

293

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Spiritual Transformation and Healing Anthropological, Theological, Neuroscientific, and Clinical Perspectives

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