Spiritual Expression Research Articles

Мовленнєві ситуації як засіб формування ключових компетентностей учнів 5-6 класів гімназії у процесі навчання іноземних мов

The article defines the role of speech situations in the formation of key competences of pupils of 5-6 classes of gymnasium at foreign language lessons. Speech situations in a foreign language lesson are characterized as a type of learning tasks that mimic a foreign language activity, providing students with an understanding of the situation in life or modeled by the teacher, which involves analyzing it, making an independent decision based on life. Examples of speech situations that can be used in the educational process to form the key competences of students defined by the concept of the New Ukrainian School are given. It is determined that speech situations contribute to students' ability to use language for spiritual, cultural and national expression; adhere to the culture of speech, use label designs; express your feelings, experiences and judgments in a foreign language. Speech situations allow the student to work with information in a particular system: familiarization with the situation; understanding it; deciding what to do to solve the problem implementation of their actions; reflection. It is emphasized that the use of speech situations increases students' interest in the subject, promotes the formation of skills in them to act in non-standard situations, applying knowledge from different sources. It is established that for the development of speech situations it is possible to use material not only from the textbook, but also other resources, taking into account the principles of accessibility, emotionality.

Religious to Spiritual Tourism - An Era of Paradigm Shift in India

Though it has been practiced from ancient times but still the phenomena of Spiritual Tourism is very much complex in the present era as it has not been recognized as a type of separate tourism. The emergent popularity of various spiritual practices of India in the western context has stimulated the visitor from the other part of the world to visit the land of spiritualism (India) for enhancing their self-consciousness. Billions of tourist are crossing the international borders, as they have never traveled so much and have not communicated with these diverse expressions of spirituality, faith and culture. The interaction stimulated by such encounters has the potential to evoke deep spiritual experiences and trans-formative spiritual growth. In a country like India where tourism is in the limelight for the religious pilgrims from many decades, but in the current scenario it is being observed that there is a huge migration of tourists from the western part of the world in terms of ‘Spiritual Tourism’. This Paper emphasizes the emergence of spiritual tourism as there is a dearth of fundamental academic research and it is important to do further research & investigation in the subject. It has also explored the potential growth and suggested the promotional strategies for the development of the Tourism Industry in term of spiritual tourism in India.

SPORTS CULTURE AS A MEANS OF IMPROVING THE INTEGRITY OF SPORTS PERSONALITY: PHILOSOPHICAL-CULTURAL AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL ANALYSIS

The article presents an analysis of cultural personality development in sports foundations, which hardens a person both physically and spiritually; it is substantiated that in philosophical and anthropological analysis sport context of acts as an appropriation process of immanent human forces; it is proved that anthropological examination of the sports world is the completion of the objectification process, ie acts as a self-reflection kind of man, aimed at the integrity formation; sexual dimorphism issue, whichis the basis of socio-cultural (gender) differences in men's and women's sports, has been clarified. It is proved that sports culture is an physical and spiritual expression values of a sports personality; expression of the generic essence of sports personality competitiveness. Directions for sports culture development in modern society have been developed.

List apostolski Duodecimum saeculum Ojca Świętego św. Jana Pawła II z okazji tysiąc dwusetnej rocznicy Soboru Nicejskiego II. Miejsce ikony w wierze i rozumieniu św. Jana Pawła II

The letter of the Holy Father John Paul II written in Rome in 1987, in the tenth year of His pontificate, on December 4th, on the day of memorial of Saint John Damascene, the doctor of the Church, on the Twelfth Centenary of finishing the controversy over the icon, is of great importance for the Pope’s program of ecumenism. The Holy Father indicated various directions of the dialogue, however, the one of the utmost importance concerned the agreement with the Orthodox Church, which was confirmed in the letters and in His other documents quoted in this paper. The image used to be essential for religious practice, for illustrating the word of prayer and of the song, in order to preserve the tradition of the Church. The strict prohibition introduced by the iconoclasm depreciated not only the artistic tradition of paintings but also the basic dogmas of Christ’s Incarnation and the one which introduced Virgin Mary as the Theotokos (the God-bearer). The ban constituted a threat not only for the icons but also for the Christian faith. In His Letter, the Pope underlined the important role of the Second Council of Nicaea which reintroduced icons and maintained and deepened the meaning of the cult in the faith of believers. Furthermore, the Holy Father indicated the connection with the Second Vatican Council in understanding the function and form of images in contemporary Church. Contemporary trends are overwhelmed by the impotence of the spiritual expression of sacral art, which is a great concern for the Pope. The Letter is, therefore, a dramatic warning of the threats for religious art in contemporary time, expressed by the Holy Father with these words: ‘The rediscovery of the Christian icon will also help in raising the awareness of the urgency of reacting against the depersonalizing and at times degrading effects of the many images that condition our lives in advertisements and the media.’ (DS, 11).

Inversion as a stylistic instrument in poetic speech

In the methodological study of word order, it is important to look at it as a means of spiritual expression. The usual mode of expression is that it does not have the same sensitivity, but also provides a greater function of language communication. Inversion is characterized by stylistic dyes in the language of poetic works. The main purpose of the inversion is to ensure that the author's methodical purpose in literary texts, especially in the language of poetic works, helps the reader to quickly and easily understand the main point by highlighting and highlighting a part of the sentence.

Looking for God, meaning, physical fitness and beyond: the religious and spiritual space in sport entrepreneurship

Over the past several years, both academic literature and the popular press have heralded a renewed interest in religion and spirituality in both entrepreneurship and sport disciplines. The search for God, meaning, and other expressions of religiosity and spirituality tends to appear embedded in a wider variety of cultural forms in the Western world, including enterprise and sport cultures. Notwithstanding the increasing awareness of the mutual impacts of religion and spirituality in the entrepreneurship and sports academic fields, attention to these topics is lacking within the sport entrepreneurship literature. In this conceptual paper, sport entrepreneurship is re-thought from its religious and spiritual dimensions, paying special attention to the fitness sector, specifically to activities related to so-called “slow fitness”. Utilizing existential philosophy from Paul Ricoeur as our theoretical framework, we reflect on this part of the fitness industry to understand the religious and spiritual space in sport entrepreneurship. In this sense, the paper provides other elements to introduce into discussions of what defines this emergent academic area.

Expression of language, culture and spirituality in world explanatory dictionary

In article was written about literary meaning of language, culture and spirituality. Here was discussed about their dictionary meaning and meaning of these words in some writers works.

Expressions of Spirituality and States of Consciousness in Brazilian Postpartum Mothers: A Convergent Mixed-Methods Study

PURPOSEThe purpose of this study was to examine the how different aspects of the birthing environment were associated with a parturient's states of consciousness, spirituality, and satisfaction with the childbirth experience.DESIGNThe study utilized a convergent mixed methods research design involving both quantitative and qualitative components with convenience sampling. In total, 276 Brazilian postpartum women completed a states of consciousness mini-test and the Expressions of Spirituality Inventory—Revised. A small subsample of women who gave birth in different settings were also interviewed. Quantitative data were examined using descriptive statistics, bivariate correlations, and analysis of variance and covariance. Qualitative interview data were thematically analyzed.MAJOR FINDINGSHome birth and the absence of a physician were associated with a higher occurrence of favorable non-ordinary states and satisfaction with childbirth. Spiritually-inclusive birth preparation was found to be associated with most spirituality and states of consciousness variables and more than childbirth satisfaction.MAIN CONCLUSIONNon-ordinary states emerged from a parturient's sense of security with their surroundings and from preparation for childbirth. Spiritual experiences were related to pre-existing spiritual beliefs and practices.

Spirituality and Cancer: a Qualitative Study

Aims: Patients suffering from cancer are often confronted with an awareness of their own finiteness and with the fact that their life is now ruled by the cancer. This existential upheaval can be accompanied by spiritual “work” which contributes to the adjustment to the disease and to the conditions of the end of life. Spirituality can be defined as a process through which individuals seek for and give meaning to their life, feel connected to the self, to others, at the present moment and in what is sacred. Few studies in France have studied spirituality in the context of cancer. So, the aim of our research was to identify and to study the role of spiritual components in the experience of cancer.Procedure: We carried out 15 semi-directed interviews with patients at the medical oncology and palliative care department at the CHU in Timone (Marseille). A double analysis was performed: 1) a lexicographical analysis and 2) a thematic content analysis of the most typical interviews from the lexicographical analysis.Results: The lexicographical analysis highlighted three lexical classes. Class 1 represented the illness of cancer as a personal transformation (40.5%), Class 2 concerned the biographical disruption experience (13.4%) and Class 3 corresponded to daily life with the illness (46.1%). Moreover, the thematic content analysis revealed different themes testifying to spirituality in the lived experience of cancer, in particular the experience of and the relationship with the sacred, the relationship with transcendence and the role of spirituality in the lived experience of patients who are suffering from cancer.Conclusion: The two analyses of the interviews allowed us to identify the expression of spirituality. Spirituality was expressed as a resource, an “invisible spring,” allowing people to adjust to the extreme experience of the disease of cancer. Both “secular” and “central” dimensions of spirituality: the transcendence and the relationship with the sacred open perspectives for the integration of spirituality into the care of patients suffering from cancer, without threatening the principle of secularism in French hospitals.

THE VARIATION OF THE INTERPRETATION OF THE SPIRITUALITY CONCEPT IN THE PERIOD OF RENAISSANCE AND THE ENLIGHTENMENT (PEDAGOGICAL IDEAS)

The article analyzes the understanding of the essence of «spirituality» in the Renaissance and the Enlightenment. The article contains reference to the interaction of such ideas with the pedagogical concepts, with the concepts of education. The complexity and dynamic nature of human spirituality talks about the importance of recreating its integrity and fullness of the manifestations in each historical and cultural era. So, people in different historical periods combines specific and typical features of each era, and spirituality is one of the fundamental characteristics. Accordingly, spirituality is understood under idealized and materialized historically variable expression of the spiritual nature of man. The definition implies that spirituality is inherent, on the one hand, including individual features and characteristics of their carriers, and is the subjective expression of spirituality. On the other hand, objective spirituality exists outside of individuals and finds expression in various forms of spiritual culture, objective spirituality materializes in language, in words, in works of art. The Renaissance and the Enlightenment affected the number of fundamental changes in the economic, social and spiritual life of Western Europe. Each of these cultural epochs identified features of human spirituality, creating the environment of his life. The peculiarity of the social conditions determined by the distinctive culture, type of personality, consciousness, thinking, respectively, and the essence of man, followed by spirituality, in which it finds expression. Modern paradigm is characterized by its variability, it is possible to carry the spiritual upbringing of the Renaissance, Reformation, Enlightenment. Spirituality in these formations were based on human values, without taking into account the connection between man and God. The company offered various types of spirituality, not based on the existence of objective truth. In the Renaissance, spiritual education was largely focused on the revival of ancient spiritual values, the reformation offered the Church a variant of the terrestrial landmarks of man, the Enlightenment proclaimed education as the overriding value of society. In the modern era in European culture was the replacement of the perfect method of spiritual education to the regulatory. Proposed, by the Christian, ideal of God was gradually changed by regulatory requirements of morality. Characteristic of the Christian paradigm of spiritual education was replaced by external life. It is proved that each of these cultural epochs identified features of human spirituality, creating the environment of his life.

DISCUSSING SPIRITUAL HEALTH IN PRIMARY CARE IN ENGLAND

The organisation that regulates doctors and family physicians’ professional body in the UK both require doctors to consider patients’ spiritual health, especially towards the end of life. Discussion of spiritual health can encapsulate positive aspects of patients’ lives, and may be valuable for older people as physical and mental health decline. Tools are available for doctors to structure discussion of spiritual health in consultations but anecdotal reports suggest that this seldom happens. This study aimed to understand the barriers to GPs discussing spiritual health and their knowledge and views of current tools, particularly the HOPE tool by Anandarajah and Hight. Narrative literature review using systematic methods and mixed methods investigation into current practice, An online survey was conducted with 177 family physicians in England, investigating how doctors define spiritual health, their comfort with the topic, and their knowledge and acceptability of the HOPE tool, using patient vignettes. Definitions of spiritual health were heterogeneous, within three themes: self-actualisation and meaning; transcendence and relationships beyond self; and expressions of spirituality. Doctors felt more comfortable discussing spiritual health after a patient-led cue. Introduction of the HOPE tool increased doctors’ comfort with the topic. Discordance between doctor and patient beliefs and cultural backgrounds influenced views and practice. Concerns about regulator disapproval was a major barrier to discussions. Spiritual health does not appear to be a routine part of family practice in the UK. Tailored education, containing a structured tool such as HOPE, with regulatory approval, may help overcome barriers to discussion of spiritual health.

Music, spirituality and dementia: Exploring joint working between pastoral care professionals and music therapists to improve person-centred care for people with dementia (Innovative Practice)

This paper presents innovative practice in the area of interdisciplinary collaboration between pastoral care and music therapy professionals to meet the spiritual needs of people with dementia in a hospital environment. Our qualitative research identified the following themes to guide future endeavours in this area: Music has the capacity to facilitate spiritual expression; music therapy contributes to validating the individuality of the person with dementia; collaborative work between music therapy and pastoral care is worthy of further exploration. This study is one of few to address the potential for combining pastoral care and music therapy in the care of people with dementia.

The People’s Zion: Southern Africa, the United States, and a Transatlantic Faith-Healing Movement, by Joel Cabrita

The People’s Zion: Southern Africa, the United States, and a Transatlantic Faith-Healing Movement, by Joel Cabrita

Teachers’ spirituality as an element of social action. An interpretative phenomenological analysis of primary teachers’ understanding and expression of spirituality

ABSTRACTSpirituality is a contested term in education.Within professional education contexts, spirituality is understood and defined in numerous ways, some of which are ambivalent towards explicit expressions of spirituality. This study, emerging out of a successful doctoral thesis, seeks to examine one aspect of spirituality and the intersection between spirituality, professional identity and teaching practice. The findings point towards a new definition of spirituality directly related to the teaching profession; explicitly ‘spirituality comprises of moments of connection and profundity which lead to change’. Five primary school teachers took part in the study and through narrative accounts, demonstrated their understanding of their spirituality and how this related to their professional practice. The findings demonstrate the ways in which the teachers understood their role and the ways in which spirituality informed their practice which was both challenged and supported within the profession.

Methods of “Literacy” in Indigenising Research Education: Transformative Methods Used in the Kalahari

ABSTRACT Within the current South African “research education” context, characterised by the call for decolonisation, massification of education (yet a lack of resources) and neoliberal managerialism, graduate students and academics face challenges in conducting “culturally literate” research that is transformative. This article establishes that language, in rethinking indigeneity, means more than just linguistic symbolic expression, and extends to include local, cultural and spiritual expressions by research participants. It outlines a set of participatory, transformative methods that allow both indigenous and non-indigenous researchers to become literate in conducting research with indigenous communities. It demonstrates that it is imperative that researchers are well-versed in these expressions in order to make contextual sense of data.

Something wonderful and incomprehensible: Expressions and experiences of spirituality among very old people

ABSTRACTThis study aimed to illuminate very old people’s experiences and expressions of spirituality and is a part of the Umeå 85+/Gerontological Regional Database (GERDA). The participants (n = 12) had declared an interest in spirituality, were 86–99 years of age, and were interviewed in their own homes. The interviews were analyzed using qualitative content analysis. The findings revealed that spirituality was experienced as being in communion, transcending life’s circumstances, and living in a spiritual reality. Spirituality was expressed as an inner sense of communion with God and with other people, and as a spiritual reality. The participants expressed a desire to talk about spiritual experiences and personal beliefs but regarded spirituality as an uncommon topic. Nurses and other professionals need to be aware of spiritual needs and prepared to give spiritual care.

Brian Cherney’s String Trio: Transcendent Pedagogy and the Spiritualization of Technique

Brian Cherney’s pedagogical and compositional philosophy is examined from the perspective of transcendent intention. Both in teaching composition and in his own works, Cherney emphasizes technique, attention to details, a convincing formal architecture, and the power of music to give expression to fundamental human emotions and experiences. Drawing upon the philosopher Henri Bergson’s concepts about the “nature of creative consciousness,” the author finds striking parallels between Bergson’s ideas and Cherney’s music. Analytical observations on Cherney’s String Trio are tied to the composer’s pedagogical approach, which profoundly influenced the author both as a composer and as a teacher. Cherney’s String Trio confronts the listener with a work in which the spiritual expression of a universal impermanence is manifested in the music itself in various ways that are illuminated and discussed using specific musical examples.

The limitations of accommodation: the changing legal context of religion at work in the United States

Other authors have warned that the legal standard of accommodation is insufficient as a strategy for practicing managers leading religiously and spiritually diverse workforces. Recent changes in the legal context of faith at work have only amplified those concerns. This article examines the adoption of state laws known as Religious Freedom Restoration Acts, or RFRA’s, as well as the US Supreme Court ruling in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby. Both of these changes exacerbate the concerns previously articulated, and illustrate the limitations of using the legal standard of accommodation as a management strategy for negotiating diverse religious and spiritual expression in the workplace. The nature of these two developments is explained, together with a discussion of their significance for practitioners and researchers in the field of management, spirituality, and religion (MSR).

The Use of Prayer During Life-Threatening Illness: A Connectedness to God, Inner-Self, and Others.

To explore how prayers were used as expressions of spirituality among community-dwelling African Americans in response to life-threatening illness. Fifty-eight older African American adults residing in the Southeastern US participated in a qualitative descriptive study. Through prayers, participants requested the strength to endure, protection, healing and expressed gratitude. Prayers were expressions of spirituality through dimensions of connectedness: transpersonally to God or the unseen; intrapersonally to one's inner-self; and, interpersonally to others. Prayers are an important aspect of spirituality and the mental health of older African Americans particularly during serious, life-threatening illness. An understanding of the ways in which prayers are used might enhance the cultural relevance of mental health interventions in this population.

Patient Perspectives about Spirituality and Spiritual Care

Objective:This study was undertaken to explore the perspectives regarding spirituality and spiritual care held by individuals with advanced disease. The aim was to gain a deeper understanding about their viewpoints surrounding spiritual care and the role of health-care professionals in providing such care.Methods:Sixteen individuals with advanced disease and a prognosis of <12 months underwent an in-depth interview. Transcripts were subjected to a qualitative descriptive analysis to identify salient content and themes.Results:Four overall themes were identified: Spirituality is personal, spiritual distress is about separation, spiritual care is about connecting, and conversations about spirituality must align with the patient's beliefs. Subthemes emphasized the individuality of spiritual expression, the potential for illness impacting spiritual beliefs, and the value of connections to one's spiritual community. Participants thought healthcare providers needed to be able to identify individuals who were experiencing a spiritual struggle, acknowledge the reality of that struggle, and connect the individual with the appropriate resource or person.Conclusions:Patients with advanced disease are likely to express their spirituality in unique ways. Being able to talk about their spiritual beliefs and doubts during illness without judgment was seen as a benefit to them. Healthcare providers ought to be able to identify those patients who require assistance in connecting to appropriate spiritual care resources.