Keynote 4 : spirituality and health

Cook, C.C.H.

doi:10.1179/jss.2.2.g7w3647127205j85

Keynote 4 : spirituality and health

Cook, C.C.H.

Authors

Reverend Professor Christopher Cook c.c.h.cook@durham.ac.uk
PGR Student Doctor of Philosophy

Abstract

In a fragmented world, which lacks coherent and integrated ways of understanding spirituality and health, there is nonetheless a growing research evidence base which supports the importance of spirituality and religion as variables of interest in the aetiology and treatment of a wide range of health-related conditions and disorders. Controversies concerning the interpretation and application of this evidence base easily polarize around immanent and transcendent concerns. Spirituality, which is itself a fragmented concept, has been understood in a crude way as being concerned with the transcendent pole of this debate. An approach to research and practice is needed within which both immanent and transcendent concerns are addressed and which serves to reduce rather than increase the fragmentation of the concepts which govern our shared understanding of spirituality and wellbeing.

Citation

Cook, C. (2012). Keynote 4 : spirituality and health. Journal for the Study of Spirituality, 2(2), 150-162. https://doi.org/10.1179/jss.2.2.g7w3647127205j85

Journal Article Type	Article
Publication Date	Nov 1, 2012
Deposit Date	Mar 12, 2014
Publicly Available Date	Nov 16, 2015
Journal	Journal for the Study of Spirituality
Print ISSN	2044-0243
Electronic ISSN	2044-0251
Publisher	Taylor and Francis Group
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	2
Issue	2
Pages	150-162
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1179/jss.2.2.g7w3647127205j85
Keywords	Health, Immanence, Spirituality, Transcendence.