Spirituality and secularization: nursing and the sociology of religion

Paley, John

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2702.2006.01917.x

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“…This echoes Paley's [9] assertion that the US is more "religious" than the UK or other parts of Europe and therefore the research findings are possibly not transferable. However, these claims may require a little more debate and discussion within the study of spirituality and religion.…”

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“…We believe that academics and practitioners need to spend some time now on embracing the reality of the existence of spiritual and religious needs in health care practice, the potential to improve recovery if addressed and developing evidence based ways of improving practice. There has been a lot of academic navel gazing in this regard [9]. It is time now to move beyond the "official rhetoric" and "actually facilitate and enable meaningful spiritual care" for patients ([23], p. 801).…”

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confidence: 99%

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A Commentary on Michael King. “The Challenge of Research into Religion and Spirituality.” Journal for the Study of Spirituality 4 (2014): 106–20

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King's publication based on a key note presentation at the 2014 British Association of the Study of Spirituality (BASS) conference, a well written and thought provoking paper, leads us to consider the contribution of this critique of spirituality research to contemporary debates on the topic The views expressed within the paper are important and foster debate about the validity of research in the field of spirituality and religion. However, at the same time, this debate is reminiscent of the negative responses sometimes expressed about research publications in this field. At the same time, it must be recognised that there is a view held that there is an extra yard stick required for researchers in this field, who can be subjected to much higher standards and expectations than other researchers simply because of the topic and the deep seated conflicting views that advocates and critics hold. This paper considers the merits and challenges of this paper in light of this.Keywords: spirituality; religion; evidence-based practice BackgroundKing's [1] publication, based on a keynote presentation at the 2014 British Association of the Study of Spirituality (BASS) conference, was well written and thought provoking. King's paper argues that although there is a body of published research in existence, which attempts to demonstrate a positive association between religion and health, that such findings could possibly be and often are, inflated. He contends that in essence, the health gain from attending to the spiritual or religious needs of service users is extremely limited, and that spirituality divorced from religious practice may indeed be associated with a worsening of mental and emotional well-being of a person. DiscussionAlthough King admits that research into this whole realm is on-going and expanding, he identifies a number of pitfalls, which are presented in relation to the current on-going research [1]. He argues

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A Commentary on Michael King. “The Challenge of Research into Religion and Spirituality.” Journal for the Study of Spirituality 4 (2014): 106–20

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“…Spiritual care is nationally and internationally mandated in nurses' ethical codes, guidelines, philosophy, training and competencies (Ross 2006;An Bord Altranais 2009;Nursing and Midwifery Council 2012;International Council of Nurses 2006;Tanyi 2002;Macrae 1995). It has nonetheless been described as one of the last taboos of nursing practice (Burnard 1998), and the place of spirituality in increasingly secular societies and clinical assessments tools and competencies has been the topic of recent debate (Paley 2008a;Paley 2008b;Paley 2009;Timmins and McSherry 2012;Timmins and Caldeira 2017). Given the context where the model of healthcare increasingly includes spirituality (Puchalski et al 2014) it is important to understand the place of spirituality in nursing practice.…”

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New Zealand Nurses’ Perceptions of Spirituality and Spiritual care: Qualitative Findings from a National Survey

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This paper presents the qualitative findings from the first national survey of New Zealand nurses' views on spirituality and spiritual care. The importance of spirituality as a core aspect of holistic nursing care is gaining momentum. Little is currently known about New Zealand nurses' understandings, perceptions and experience of spirituality. Design: A descriptive online survey. Method: A random sample of 2000 individuals resident in New Zealand whose occupation on the New Zealand electoral roll suggested nursing was their current or past occupation were invited via postcard to participate in an online survey. This paper reports on the free response section of the survey. Findings: Overall, 472 invitees responded (24.1%). From the respondents, 63% completed at least one of the optional free response sections. Thematic analysis generated three metathemes: 'The role of spirituality in nursing practice', 'Enabling best practice', and 'Creating a supportive culture'. Conclusions: Spirituality was predominantly valued as a core aspect of holistic nursing care. However, clarity is needed surrounding what constitutes spiritual care and how this intersects with professional responsibilities and boundaries. Participants' insights suggest a focus on improving the consistency and quality of spiritual care by fostering inter-professional collaboration, and improved provision of resources and educational opportunities.

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“…There is also growing evidence to suggest that spiritual and/or religious support improves health outcomes [35]. Originally steeped in religious heritage, nursing and midwifery practice, like Western societies in general, has become increasingly secular [36]. And yet nurses' and midwives' consideration of patients' spiritual needs is now resurgent, both in the ROI and internationally [10,21,37].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Specific spiritual competencies for nurses are emerging [25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42] but, even though in the UK a systematic nursing assessment has been suggested [12,13], these competencies are not clearly articulated in either UK or ROI standards for the nursing and midwifery professions [21,22] In the Netherlands, on the other hand, six core spiritual care competencies for nurses have been identified and these are commonly referred to within healthcare literature on the topic (Box 1). Box 1.…”

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Developing Agreed and Accepted Understandings of Spirituality and Spiritual Care Concepts among Members of an Innovative Spirituality Interest Group in the Republic of Ireland

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A Spirituality Interest Group (SIG) was set up in in the School of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin, Republic of Ireland (ROI), in March 2013. This paper reports on some of the journey and requirements involved in developing the group. It highlights the essential work of establishing agreed understandings in an objective way in order for the group to move forward with action. These agreed understandings have contributed to the group's success. Outlining the group's journey in arriving at agreements may be of use to others considering creating similar groups. One key action taken to determine the suitability of the group's aims and terms of reference was the distribution of a Survey Monkey to group members (n = 28) in 2014. One early meeting of the group discussed future goals and direction using the responses of this anonymous survey. This paper reports on the results of the survey regarding the establishment of the SIG and the development of a shared understanding of spiritual care among the members. There is consensus in the group that the spiritual care required by clients receiving healthcare ought to be an integrated effort across the healthcare team. However, there is an acceptance that spirituality and spiritual care are not always clearly understood concepts in practice. By developing shared or at least accepted understandings of spirituality and spiritual care, SIG hopes to be able to underpin both research and practice with solid foundational conceptual understanding, and in the process also to meet essential prerequisites for achieving the group's aims.

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Spirituality and secularization: nursing and the sociology of religion

Cited by 84 publications

References 74 publications

A Commentary on Michael King. “The Challenge of Research into Religion and Spirituality.” Journal for the Study of Spirituality 4 (2014): 106–20

A Commentary on Michael King. “The Challenge of Research into Religion and Spirituality.” Journal for the Study of Spirituality 4 (2014): 106–20

New Zealand Nurses’ Perceptions of Spirituality and Spiritual care: Qualitative Findings from a National Survey

Developing Agreed and Accepted Understandings of Spirituality and Spiritual Care Concepts among Members of an Innovative Spirituality Interest Group in the Republic of Ireland

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