Journal of Pastoral Counseling articles

Recent articles from Journal of Pastoral Counseling

Introduction.
January 1, 2007... Lance Christian Smith provides us with an article conceptualizing the constructs of spirituality and religion. While these are conveniently seen as separate, particularly in Western thought, the distinction between the two notions is delineated with the implications for philosophical...

Conceptualizing spirituality and religion: where we've come from, where we are, and where we are going.(Report)
January 1, 2007... Abstract Within the recent empirical and theoretical literature regarding spirituality and religion, an onomastic and conceptual polarization between the constructs of spirituality and religion exists. This article presents and examines the strong distinction currently being made between...

The dark side of religion, spirituality and the moral emotions: shame, guilt, and negative religiosity as markers for life dissatisfaction.(Report)
January 1, 2007... Abstract This study examines the relationship among levels of spirituality, religiosity, shame, and guilt on subjective well-being. A convenience sample that included graduate and undergraduate students (N = 176; mean age = 37) completed a five-factor measure of personality as well as...

Islam and counseling: models of practice in Muslim communal life.(Report)
January 1, 2007... Abstract This article examines the intersection of Islam and counseling. It argues that interventions comparable to Western counseling methods are evident in Islam and can be located in three sources of Islamic doctrine and practice. These sources are Muslim Personal Law (MPL), which...

I/Thou-I/Spirit: Martin Buber and the spiritual life of the infant.(Report)
January 1, 2007... Abstract Martin Buber's philosophical anthropology is presented as a framework for understanding the spiritual life of the infant. To Buber's I/Thou and I/It attitudes toward the world a third attitude is proposed, I/Spirit. I/Spirit is the manifestation of spirit in the mirroring of the...