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,

• ISBN13: 9780759108660
• ISBN10: 0759108668
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-05-12
• Publisher: AltaMira Press

Summary

A new volume exploring spiritual transformation from various disciplinary perspectives.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Solomon H. Katz	ix
Preface by Ralph W. Hood Jr.	xiii
PART I: FINDING OUR WAY THROUGH NEW TERRAIN
1 Exploring Spiritual Transformation and Healing: Fundamental Issues	3	(7)
Philip Hefner and Joan D. Koss-Chioino
2 The Meaning of Spiritual Transformation	10	(15)
Kenneth I. Pargament
3 The Spirit of Spiritual Healing in the United States	25	(20)
David I. 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	45	(17)
Joan D. Koss-Chioino
5 Radical Empathy, Gender, and Shamanic Healing: Examples from Peru	62	(16)
Bonnie Glass-Coffin
6 Sustainable Faith? Reconfiguring Shamanic Healing in Siberia	78	(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 Rausch 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. Spezia
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