...In our community church is the place where the majority of people have their strongest social networks and often receive information that can be valuable for the health of their families and loved ones. Churches play a vital role in providing health services throughout the world and the care they provide is based on attention to the whole person, which is mind, body and spirit. The American Nurses Association and American Health Ministries defines Faith community nursing as a nursing practice with an intentional focus on spiritual care which is central to promote holistic health with the purpose of preventing illness”( Stanhope). Parish nurses play a vital role providing holistic health care for patients and community using nursing...
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...The focus of this article This article describes three support system for faith case studies across 81 faith communities and faith based organization in the United States. Because the role which organizational context focus on generalizing principle such as neoinstitutional, and institutional isomorphism. Research have suggested that systems are generalized across religions and localities but arrive out of specific religious cultures and adapted to fit the United States system. Nonprofit literature on faith based organization has focused primarily on independent organization, seeing their supporting faith communities as a source of funding and in kind resources like volunteers (e.g., Cnaan, Boddies, Handy, Yancy, &Schneider, 2002; Ebaugh, Chafetz, &Pipes, 2005; Grettenberger, 2001). The author focused on how the earlier studies relied on its religions culture in putting together a system to support their faith based organization. Also how faith communities considered themselves...
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...because the assistance BTB offers can make the difference between ex-offenders getting their lives back on track to re-enter the community or slipping back into old behaviors that return them to prison. I have a special reason for knowing this. I have spent a total of 20 years of my life behind bars. My last conviction sent me to prison for 15 years. I know personally what it is like to come out of prison to face re-entry into the community without housing, without a job, and without a supportive group of caring people to encourage and advise me. Release from prison can present challenges so overwhelming that they lead the unprepared ex-offender back to prison. The key that helped me to survive this demanding time I never would have suspected earlier in my...
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...will be holy again. However, the grandmother tries to manipulate the Misfit to get him to do what she wants, and her faith in God is fake. In A Good Man is Hard to Find, there are two misfits in the story, which are The Misfit and the grandmother. Not surprisingly, the main character, The Misfit, does not blend in with society. The Misfit portrays himself as someone that has been mistreated by society through his time in prison. He has examined his faith and doubts God. His views that he does not need God or that Jesus should not have raised the dead differs from a largely Christian southern demographic where he lives. He explains to the grandma that he can’t find good in himself, saying “I ain’t a good man,”(O'Connor 148) whereas most people see themselves as good. However, it is likely that he is a psychopath and a compulsive liar, which explains why he believes himself to be a misfit. Ali Venosa, a neuroscience reporter,...
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...Faith is the complete trust or confidence in someone or something. It is based on spiritual apprehension rather than proof. Scientifically, faith is irrational. There is no proof of a higher being, no scientific reason for one to trust in their beliefs, yet so many do. I understand that in this sense faith is irrational, yet I also think its necessary and makes complete rational sense. In order to be at peace in life I think it is important to have your faith to trust in. God cannot be proven by science, and I think this is what creates faith. By completely trusting in God there is faith. Through the peace it brings in life and the inner feeling of understanding and reason for all of life’s happenings, it is important to be able to trust in your faith. While faith may not be rational in terms of science, individually, everyone who has faith in something or someone would argue that is absolutely is rational. Faith is a crucial part of life and it is the rationality for all questions and concerns one may have. Every day we turn to our beliefs to make sense of life. When things go wrong, you can turn to your faith to understand the reasoning behind it. Likewise, when things go exceptionally well, you can also trust that your belief in God has been the source. A powerful desire to understand life and rationalize everything that happens is why we need to trust in our faiths and beliefs. Faith is an irrational rationality of life. Fowler believes that faith is not something that...
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...doing away our suspicions, hypocrisies, prejudices and intolerances. It is in treating all creation with respect and dignity whether black or white humans, from the South or the North, Tribals or Brahmins, animals or plants. It is about celebrating unity in diversity. It is about celebrating all God’s creation. Where do we find these principles? It is in the Christian Bible. It seems clear to me that a true Christian believer, who believes in the Triune Creator of the world, is one with a spirit of secularism, but never a racist, celebrating different race, culture and religion. The Bible as the revelation of God assists Christian believers to live out what it means to have a “faith seeking understanding” that reflects the secular consciousness and relevant to the every day’s experience of a diverse community in India. Lesslie Newbigin is right when he says that, “In India...it needs Christians to keep the secular state truly secular”(76). Christians must take this as opportunity and recognize “the possibility of...
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...I am a student at Carleton College, and for a class I was asked to read a section of your novel The God Delusion. I have read sections of it before during personal crises of faith, and you’ve made some fascinating points, there is one, unfortunately, that I feel must be addressed and reconsidered. The idea that religion is a form of mental illness. With that argument were two faulty points that could be reworded or reconsidered. The idea that religion arrived through a neurological accident that genetically drifted throughout the population. That your view is inherently true, and without question the best and and most logical. First, your view of the cause of religion. I admit that I cannot argue against your view’s possibility, but that it is unlikely and relies on faulty reasoning. If religion evolved as an accident, as all other biological processes did from a purely scientific standpoint, then the fact that it took up a major biological dominance over the population is highly unlikely to be caused by genetic drift alone. While it is possible, you seem to ignore the possibility that religion has a survival benefit for...
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...Hawthorne (1835), “The Weakness of Public Morality” In this story, the author emphasizes how corruption is the result of the insistence on the Puritan society and is the cause of moral decline and the diminishment of personal faith. Goodman makes the decision to go to the forest to meet the devil however, he takes cover when he realizes that the minister and the Deacon Gookin because he was concerned with appearance even though they are also out there. Brown’s religious beliefs are strongly connected with the belief that all of his peers believe the same as he does. When Goodman recognizes that his peers including his father and grandfather shaped his religious beliefs made a deal with the devil, he...
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...The Homeowners association or the “HOAs” is a board of members who are responsible for establishing rules and guidelines for the community. Some of these rules limit what the homeowner can have in their front yard and how often it is maintained. For example, the grass must be cut, trimmed and, debris removed in a timely matter, but not to exceed 10 days. Others, states what type of activities, dates and times they are held and, the type of attire that can be worn also the type of language that is acceptable in the community. For example, no pants or shorts can be worn below the waistline revealing undergarments nor foul or disrespectful languages are used within the premises of the community. HOA boards establish rules like these to keep the neighborhood consistent and up to a certain standard. The board is also responsible for publicizing and enforcing these rules as they apply. Typically, if a homeowner violated a rule, they will receive a warning letter or phone call about compliance within a certain time frame. If no actions were taken to resolve the issue, fines, or legal action are taken. The HOA has certain social responsibilities to the community. This responsibility is influenced by religious beliefs and the needs of the community to uphold and practice their faith, unlike conventional communities, religious communities live on a biblical base principle. The rules and regulations have to match this belief so not to cause conflict between the law and religion. One...
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...Trauma and Religion Joan quotes Robert Simpson, professor of Sociology, at University of Chicago who has determined that divorce rates in a community strongly correlated and predicted robbery rate in that community - he came to this result after studying 171 cities with more than 100,000 people. Further divorced parents’ children have a higher chance of being abused and even remarriage fails to stem the levels of abuse. Besides abuse emotional suffering and trauma of separation may cause long lasting psychological damage in many children – there is also an increased chance of child neglect when parents have split also giving rise to feeling of unwonted. An ancillary affect is weakened relationship between child and his/her separated parents. Scott (2002) quoting Wallerstein says that children from divorce end up having strong negative feeling about their father if he has stopped providing financial support for education and other financial emotional needs. It is common for children from split families to end up blaming themselves for their parents divorce and have a poor self image. Thus these children’s psychological stability is undermined and the effects sustain beyond into children’s adulthood and child’s capacity to live a family life is severely affected, they might have difficulty in forming profound and long lasting relationships. These children may experience sex earlier than on average, have more teenage pregnancies, have distrust for long term relationships and...
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...Health Care Provider and Faith Diversity: First Draft Michelle L. Murphy GCU: Spirituality in Healthcare March 16, 2014 Rev. Rick Hudock Abstract As heath care providers we need to keep mindful of the care we provide to several different religious traditions. It is up to the health care professional to respect and understand the ideals that affect our patients and their family members. In this paper we will compare the philosophies of three diverse faiths. The faiths chosen are Islam, Christian Science and Buddhism, and how they compare to Christianity. We will learn about basic beliefs, spiritual perspectives on healing, and the components of healing such as meditation, prayer and other rituals they follow. Furthermore, addressing the importance and perceptive of how to care for a patient with a different faith and cultural view. In the field of nursing we are in constant contact with patients of several different faiths. This requires an abundance of knowledge and acceptance towards multiple beliefs and religions. The philosophies of Christian Science, Buddhism and Islam compared to Christianity have significantly diverse beliefs surrounding health, illness, death and healing. From a spiritual perspective we will learn about each of these faiths. We will place focus on their beliefs on healing, meditation, rituals, prayer and their views on afterlife. We as healthcare providers need to know what is viewed with importance in their faith in order to treat the patient...
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...Chantae’ Wilson Professor Bland 27 November 2012 What are the Core Beliefs of being a follower of Christ? What Christian beliefs constitute true/genuine faith? Being a follower of Christ ensures that one will go to heaven upon Christ return. A follower may go through trials and tribulations; but they also know that God will see them through the hard times, as long as they continue to serve him. Hebrews 11:16 states that “And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him. Believing in God pays off it will be an everlasting gift in the end; you will get to spend eternity with God in heaven. God expects your parents to help guide you to him. God considers parents the primary disciples of their children. He created the family to be the incubator of a teenager’s spiritual growth. God has given parents the responsibility of creating an environment suitable for their children to become a follower of Christ (Smith). God needs help like the rest of us; some believe that seeing is believing, this means that if you see your parents living in Christ you won’t stray and you will continue to follow in their foot steps. Most people get their beliefs of Christ during adolescence it’s the time when a person develops perceptions about religious thoughts and with proper guidance, can be a stronger follower of Christ (Monahan). When do you think most people gain their religious? Does being...
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...him it is what he can see, hear and feel that he believes in. Neal on the other hand “was looking for a way to be a better person, and [Christianity] just made sense.” They have both had positive experiences from their respective beliefs. Lance feels that with no “God” that he has responsibility and control over his life. Neal is proud of the work that he has done with and through his church. Being a former Sunday school teacher and volunteering with various community programs gave him a sense of giving back to other people. Though Lance feels that there are no negative drawbacks to his atheism, Neal feels there are some in being a Christian. He feels that, “There are a lot of misconceptions and misunderstandings around Christians. Everyone seems to think we are judgmental, and uptight, but I am neither.” I believe him about this because Neal, along with Lance, feels that the people closest to them respect their beliefs, even if their own differ. Lance says, “Some agree with me, and others maintain a strong faith, however, they respect my beliefs.” Neal feels the same way, except for when meeting new people. “People meeting me for the first time are surprised when I tell them I’m a Christian because I don’t fit into their ideas of who we are.” Neal...
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...that I would be interested in learning about religions other than my own. Throughout my life I was raised to follow the Christian faith. Everything that pertained to my life revolved around my faith. Although I do not regret being born and raised in a Christian home, some occasions have risen where I felt a sense of being “forced” into the religion. This caused myself to ultimately grow a disconnection from my faith. Coming to Seattle University with a sense of disconnection from my religion in actuality provided me the motivation and inspiration to possibly learn about different religions in order to compare and contrast their views from my personal ones, which...
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...The Catholic Approach to faith, God, Jesus, Scripture, and Church My perspective on Christianity is characterized by an intimate connection with God. Identifying oneself as a specific denomination and the actual institution of religious is not as important as this relationship. Faith can be defined as an intimate conviction of allegiance, faith, fidelity, and trust. Faith can also be described as that which you give your mind, energy, and heart to; that which gives meaning to your life. Faith is one’s intimate connection with God and serves as the lens through which we interpret life; faith gives meaning to our experiences. Examining faith from a Christian perspective may lead one to ask if faith is even practical in today’s society. What does it mean to believe since believers sometimes experience doubt? When examining faith from a Christian perspective, theologians Marcus Borg and James Fowler provide the best way of understanding the most important part of Christianity—faith. Borg explores faith as an awareness defined by four factors while Fowler examines faith in stages. Both theologians provide a thorough account of Christian faith. Faith is the most important part of religion; one’s personal relationship with God. Religion ties and binds believers to one another, but it is important not to loose sight of the essence of religion—faith. Faith can become lost in the institution of religion transforming faith from a matter of the heart to a matter of the head. ...
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