Abstract: This article presents the first results of an exploratory study on spirituality and well-being among the elderly residing in care institution in the French-speaking part of Switzerland Various kinds of difficulties and troubles in adapting to the institutiona

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Abstract: While paying attention to the patient’s spiritual experience, contemporary biomedicine induces major transformations to the notion of spirituality itself. In this article, I argue that one of these changes is a shift of the nature of spirituality. This shift

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Abstract: Over the past 30 years, the literature on spirituality within a healthcare context has grown and is now recognised as a new standalone field of research. This raises a new clinical issue: should we enter the spiritual realm to improve medical care? The aim of

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Resumo: Victor Frankl criou uma escola de psicologia que evidencia a vontade de sentido como motivação primária do ser humano, a Logoterapia. A perda dessa vontade de sentido seria causa de neuroses pessoais e do que ele chama neurose coletiva, caracterizada pelo vaz

Abstract: Victor Frankl created a psychological school that demonstrated the will for meaning as the primary motivation of the human being, logotherapy. The loss of this will for meaning would then be the cause of personal neuroses and of what he calls the collective n

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Resumo: Enquanto a religião se associa ao pluralismo cultural – com as partilhas ecumênicas e o diálogo inter-religioso – trazendo desafios que merecem espaço de discussão em nossa sociedade, a Espiritualidade é discutida e valorizada, a partir da Teologia, das Ciênc

Abstract: While religion is associated with the cultural drift - with ecumenical sharing and interreligious dialogue – overcoming the challenges that deserve discussion in our society, the spirituality is discussed and valorized by Theology, Religious Sciences, Human S

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Resumo: O Brasil é um país reconhecidamente religioso e espiritualizado, embora os censos do IBGE de 1990, 2000 e 2010 tenham apontado aumento progressivo do número daqueles que se consideram sem religião. Em comparação com outros países, também o Brasil aparece como

Abstract: Brazil is an admittedly religious and spiritual country, although the IBGE Census 1990, 2000 and 2010 have pointed progressive increase in the number of those who consider themselves non-religious. Compared to other countries, Brazil also appears as a country

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Resumo: O estudo do vocabulário grego arcaico, apoiado em passagens dos textos épicos, nos permite construir um modelo de constituição do ser. O homem, ánthropos, seria então um ser pluridimensional, formado por diversos corpos ou envoltórios: o físico (sôma), o vita

Abstract: The study of archaic Greek vocabulary, supported by passages of epic texts, allows us to build a model of constitution of being. The man, anthropos, then would be a multi-dimensional being, formed by various bodies or wraps: physical (soma), vital (pneuma), e

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Resumo: Contexto: A investigação científica sobre espiritualidade, religiosidade e saúde tem adquirido espaço nas rodas de debates e nas pesquisas acadêmicas1. Contudo, pouco se trata da espiritualidade/religiosidade em uma perspectiva teológica que contribua para o

Abstract: Context: scientific research on spirituality, religion and health has purchased space on rounds of debate and academic research. However, just very little about spirituality, religiosity in a theological perspective that contributes to the health care context

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Resumo: Deus-Trindade, do nada, cria o mundo no amor e na liberdade que os Divinos Três vivem intratrinitariamente. No tempo, na história, o amor se torna quênose, saída de si em direção ao outro, “fazer espaço” para que o outro exista. Ao mesmo tempo, a criação é ta

Abstract: God-Trinity, out of nowhere, creates the world in love and in freedom where Three Divines live within. In time, in history, love becomes kinosis, the way out to make room for the outer to come into the existence. At the same time, the creation is also the pla

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Resumo: A catequese, especialmente a partir da Reforma Protestante, foi conduzida por paradigmas que emergiram das necessidades de cada tempo. Com o cisma protestante, a fé católica se viu impelida a desenvolver uma catequese capaz de afirmar sua identidade (cristã-c

Abstract: The catechesis, especially after Protestant Reformation, was conducted by paradigms that emerged from the needs of each age. With the Protestant Schism, the catholic faith had seen itself impelled to develop a catechesis able to assert its identity (Christian

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