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Religion, Spirituality and Health: A Social Scientific Approach
Giancarlo Lucchetti
Mario Fernando Prieto Peres
Rodolfo Furlan Damiano Editors
Spirituality,
Religiousness
and Health
From Research to Clinical Practice
Religion, Spirituality and Health: A Social
Scientific Approach
Volume 4
Series Editors
Alphia Possamai-Inesedy, University of Western Sydney, Penrith,
New South Wales, Australia
Christopher G. Ellison, The University of Texas at San Antonio,
San Antonio, Texas, USA
Editorial Board
Amy Ai, Florida State University, Tallahassee, USA
Maureen Benjamins, Sinai Urban Health Institute, Chicago, USA
Alex Bierman, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
Matt Bradshaw, Baylor University, Waco, USA
Alexander Broom, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
George Fitchett, Rush University, Chicago, USA
Paul Heelas, Lancaster University, Bailrigg, UK
Terrence Hill, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA
Ellen Idler, Emory University, Druid Hills, USA
Harold Koenig, Duke University, Durham, USA
Neal Krause, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
Jeff Levin, Baylor University, Waco, USA
Pranee Liamputtong, Latrobe University, Melbourne, Australia
Keith Meador, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, USA
Doug Oman, University of California-Berkeley, Oakland, USA
Kenneth Pargament, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, USA
Crystal Park, University of Connecticut, Storrs, USA
Jenny Trinitapoli, Pennsylvania State University, State College, USA
The relationship between religious/spiritual belief or behaviour and health behaviour
has been explored over several decades and across various disciplines. Religious
variables have consistently been found to have a direct relationship to physical and
mental health. At the same time - research has also indicated potential societal
tensions that can exist between religion and health – we have seen this in relation to
family planning, HIV/AIDS, and reproduction. This book series aims to uncover the
impact of religion on individual health behaviours and outcomes but also the
influence of religion on health practices at the community level. This book series
uncovers the impact of religion on individual health behaviors and outcomes, as
well as the influence of religion on health practices at the community level. It
consists of volumes that are based on multi-methodological approaches, provide
quantitative and qualitative forms of analysis, and advance the understanding of the
intersection between religion and health beyond the correlation of religious belief
and health outcomes. Building on earlier research, the series explores the direct
relationship between religious variables and physical and mental health, as well as
the potential societal tensions that have been shown to exist between religion and
health – for example in relation to family planning, HIV/AIDS, and reproduction.
Spoken values are often shared within religious communities; however, religious
influence can at times be extended outside of the community in instances of service
provisions such as hospital ownership, various research active think tanks, political
action, and the development of community mores.
Spirituality, Religiousness
and Health
From Research to Clinical Practice
Editors
Giancarlo Lucchetti Mario Fernando Prieto Peres
School of Medicine Institute of Psychiatry
Federal University of Juiz de Fora University of São Paulo
Juiz de Fora, Brazil São Paulo, Brazil
Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein
Rodolfo Furlan Damiano
São Paulo, Brazil
Institute of Psychiatry
University of São Paulo
São Paulo, Brazil
This Springer imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Giancarlo Lucchetti: To my parents, José Carlos
Lucchetti (in memoriam) and Margarete C. C.
Lucchetti, for being examples of honesty and
perseverance and for supporting my journey into my
medical career. To my lovely wife, Alessandra L. G.
Lucchetti, my partner in the good and not-so-good
moments of my life, this book is also your
achievement, and it would not happen without your
guidance. To my friends Mario Peres and Rodolfo
Damiano for believing in this project from the
beginning, I learnt a lot with you.
Mario F. P. Peres: To the opportunity of living with a
great family, having great education, working with
great people, having great examples in life, having
enlightened by great masters, and learning with my
mistakes and for whoever made all this possible.
Rodolfo F. Damiano: To my parents, Henrique
Damiano and Magali C. F. Damiano, who supported
me through this adventure in medicine. To Dr.
Lisabeth L. DiLalla and Dr. Giancarlo Lucchetti, both
who trusted in my capacity and became a role model
to me (and probably to all their students). To all my
friends, professors, and colleagues who did not
hesitate in showing my fragilities and helped me to
become a better person.
Foreword
Many studies have shown that spiritual and religious beliefs impact mental and
physical health outcomes. Spirituality and religiosity (S/R) are usually positively
associated with quality of life and well-being and negatively associated with depres-
sion, anxiety, suicidality, and drug use. Likewise, S/R is related to a variety of health
parameters including blood pressure, levels of body inflammation, susceptibility to
coronary artery disease, and overall survival.
There are currently thousands of S/R studies published in peer-reviewed indexed
journals in all psychological, social, public health, and medical fields, and several
high-profile research groups from all over the world are now investigating these
relationships. The studies are increasing in sample size, quality of methodology
(increasing numbers of prospective studies in randomized clinical trials), and over-
all scientific credibility, and the results have been quite promising.
In addition, there are a growing number of clinical applications in medicine and
healthcare. Hospitals are insisting that staff take a spiritual history on patients, phy-
sicians are being more and more attentive to these issues, and patients are being
referred to chaplains to address their spiritual and religious needs. All these advances
support a more integrative and patient-centered approach to healthcare.
Several national and international organizations (“Joint Commission:
Accreditation, Health Care, Certification,” “World Health Organization,” “American
Psychiatric Association,” “American College of Physicians”) have already begun to
include the addressing of S/R in medical training programs, including nine out of
ten medical schools in the USA.
Nevertheless, there remain many challenges. The definition of spirituality does
not have universal consensus, and the instruments to measure S/R are diverse and
include many different dimensions. The mechanisms underlying the association
between S/R and health are not yet completely understood. Many studies are cross-
sectional in design (prohibiting statements about causal direction), most samples
are from Christian traditions, and the worldwide incorporation of S/R in clinical
practice and in medical education has yet to occur.
This is the context in which this book, Spirituality, Religiousness and Health: From
Research to Clinical Practice, is making its appearance, trying to link solid evidence-
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viii Foreword
Dear Reader,
The field of “spirituality, religion, and health” has been constantly growing in the
scientific community, and, along the last years, there are several excellent contribu-
tions to the area. Seminal articles and important books have been published in the
last decades, showing the influence of spiritual and religious beliefs in individual’s
mental, physical, and social health.
The idea of this book appears in this context. However, why do we need another
scientific book concerning this topic? What is the difference between this and many
others works available out there? Why did we decide to carry out a project such as
this one? Trying to answer these questions, we are going to report our rationale for
creating another book in this field.
We – the editors – have been working in this field of research for more than 15
years, publishing hundreds of scientific articles and working as reviewers and edi-
tors of indexed journals. Two years ago, we were invited by Springer to develop
such work. At that date, we had decided that it was the perfect time to move forward
and write a book that could become a reference for the field.
In our first meeting, we decided to understand what was needed in this field and
how could we help other researchers and clinicians to deal with these issues. Some
important books, such as the Handbook of Religion and Health; Spirituality in
Patient Care: Why, How, When, and What; Oxford Textbook of Spirituality in
Healthcare; and The Psychology of Religion and Coping: Theory, Research,
Practice, were extensively reviewed in order to achieve what you are going to read
in the next sections of this book.
Thus, our first goal was to make this book easy reading and shorter than the other
available handbooks, even though maintaining its comprehensiveness. We believe
this format could satisfy different readers, from the healthcare student/clinician to
the top researcher.
Our second goal was to present an international approach, including authors
from all around the world, from Brazil to the USA, from India to Germany. This
approach will help the reader to understand the global context of the “Spirituality
and Health” field worldwide, by the hands of many different authors.
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x Preface
project could help all types of healthcare and non-healthcare professionals and
researchers to understand and also to enhance their knowledge in the field, present-
ing an update, evidence-based, and integral view of the field.
We wish you a very pleasant reading!
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Contents
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xviii Contributors
religion. Religiosity can thus be the formal site of an open and diverse field of
individual experiences, attitudes, convictions, feelings and behaviors, which all
could be measured.
Inclusive definitions state that spirituality is “a search for the sacred” (Pargament
1997), whatever the sacred might be for a given person, or that it is an individual
search for meaning and purpose in life (Tanyi 2002; Underwood and Teresi 2002).
A more complex definition of spirituality was presented by Engebretson (2004):
Spirituality is the experience of the sacred other, which is accompanied by feelings of won-
der, joy, love, trust and hope. Spirituality enhances connectedness within the self, with
others and with the world. Spirituality illuminates lived experience. Spirituality may be
expressed in relationships, prayer, personal and communal rituals, values, service, action
for justice, connection with the earth. Spirituality may be named in new and redefined ways
or through the beliefs, rituals, symbols, values, stories of religious traditions.
Our group (Büssing and Ostermann 2004) used a similar approach and defined:
Spirituality refers to an attitude of search for meaning in life. The searching individual is
aware of its divine origin (…), and feels a connection with others, nature and the Divine etc.
Because of this awareness one strives towards the realization (either formal or informal) of
the respective teachings, experiences or insight, which has a direct impact on conduct of life
and ethical commitments.
By the President:
Abraham Lincoln.
By the President:
William H. Seward,
Secretary of State.
A. G. Curtin,
John A. Andrew,
Richard Yates,
Israel Washburne, Jr.,
Edward Solomon,
Samuel J. Kirkwood,
O. P. Morton,
By D. G. Rose, his representative,
Wm. Sprague,
F. H. Peirpoint,
David Tod,
N. S. Berry,
Austin Blair.
Repeal of the Fugitive Slave Law.
The first fugitive slave law passed was that of February 12th, 1793,
the second and last that of September 18th, 1850. Various efforts had
been made to repeal the latter before the war of the rebellion,
without a prospect of success. The situation was now different. The
war spirit was high, and both Houses of Congress were in the hands
of the Republicans as early as December, 1861, but all of them were
not then ready to vote for repeal, while the Democrats were at first
solidly against it. The bill had passed the Senate in 1850 by 27 yeas to
12 nays; the House by 109 yeas to 76 nays, and yet as late as 1861
such was still the desire of many not to offend the political prejudices
of the Border States and of Democrats whose aid was counted upon
in the war, that sufficient votes could not be had until June, 1864, to
pass the repealing bill. Republican sentiment advanced very slowly in
the early years of the war, when the struggle looked doubtful and
when there was a strong desire to hold for the Union every man and
county not irrevocably against it; when success could be foreseen the
advances were more rapid, but never as rapid as the more radical
leaders desired. The record of Congress in the repeal of the Fugitive
Slave Law will illustrate this political fact, in itself worthy of grave
study by the politician and statesman, and therefore we give it as
compiled by McPherson:—
[22]
Second Session, Thirty-Seventh Congress.
REPEALING BILLS.
1864, April 19, the Senate considered the bill to repeal all acts for
the rendition of fugitives from service or labor. The bill was taken up
—yeas 26, nays 10.
Mr. Sherman moved to amend by inserting these words at the end
of the bill:
Except the act approved February 12, 1793, entitled “An act
respecting fugitives from justice, and persons escaping from the
service of their masters.”
Which was agreed to—yeas 24, nays 17, as follows:
Yeas—Messrs. Buckalew, Carlile, Collamer, Cowan, Davis, Dixon,
Doolittle, Foster, Harris, Henderson, Hendricks, Howe, Johnson,
Lane of Indiana, McDougall, Nesmith, Powell, Riddle, Saulsbury,
Sherman, Ten Eyck, Trumbull, Van Winkle, Willey—24.
Nays—Messrs. Anthony, Brown, Clark, Conness, Fessenden,
Grimes, Hale, Howard, Lane of Kansas, Morgan, Morrill, Pomeroy,
Ramsey, Sprague, Sumner, Wilkinson, Wilson—17.
Mr. Saulsbury moved to add these sections:
And be it further enacted, That no white inhabitant of the United
States shall be arrested, or imprisoned, or held to answer for a
capital or otherwise infamous crime, except in cases arising in the
land or naval forces, or in the militia when in actual service in time of
war or public danger, without due process of law.
And be it further enacted, That no person engaged in the
executive, legislative, or judicial departments of the Government of
the United States, or holding any office or trust recognized in the
Constitution of the United States, and no person in military or naval
service of the United States, shall, without due process of law, arrest
or imprison any white inhabitant of the United States who is not, or
has not been, or shall not at the time of such arrest or imprisonment
be, engaged in levying war against the United States, or in adhering
to the enemies of the United States, giving them aid and comfort, nor
aid, abet, procure or advise the same, except in cases arising in the
land or naval forces, or in the militia when in actual service in time of
war or public danger. And any person as aforesaid so arresting, or
imprisoning, or holding, as aforesaid, as in this and the second
section of this act mentioned, or aiding, abetting, or procuring, or
advising the same, shall be deemed guilty of felony, and, upon
conviction thereof in any court of competent jurisdiction, shall be
imprisoned for a term of not less than one nor more than five years,
shall pay a fine of not less than $1,000 nor more than $5000, and
shall be forever incapable of holding any office or public trust under
the Government of the United States.
Mr. Hale moved to strike out the word “white” wherever it occurs;
which was agreed to.
The amendment of Mr. Saulsbury, as amended, was then
disagreed to—yeas 9, nays 27, as follows:
Yeas—Messrs. Buckalew, Carlile, Cowan, Davis, Hendricks,
McDougall, Powell, Riddle, Saulsbury—9.
Nays—Messrs. Anthony, Clark, Collamer, Conness, Doolittle,
Fessenden, Foster, Grimes, Hale, Harris, Howard, Howe, Lane of
Indiana, Lane, of Kansas, Morgan, Morrill, Pomeroy, Ramsey,
Sherman, Sprague, Sumner, Ten Eyck, Trumbull, Van Winkle,
Wilkinson, Willey, Wilson—27.
Mr. Conness moved to table the bill; which was disagreed to—yeas
9, (Messrs. Buckalew, Carlile, Conness, Davis, Hendricks, Nesmith,
Powell, Riddle, Saulsbury,) nays 31.
It was not again acted upon.
1864, June 13—The House passed this bill, introduced by Mr.
Spalding, of Ohio, and reported from the Committee on the
Judiciary by Mr. Morris, of New York, as follows:
Be it enacted, etc., that sections three and four of an act entitled
“An act respecting fugitives from justice and persons escaping from
the service of their masters,” passed February 12, 1793, and an Act
entitled “An act to amend, and supplementary to, the act entitled ‘An
act respecting fugitives from justice, and persons escaping from their
masters,’ passed February 12, 1793,” passed September 18, 1850, be,
and the same are hereby, repealed.
Yeas 86, nays 60, as follows:
Yeas—Messrs. Alley, Allison, Ames, Arnold, Ashley, John D.
Baldwin, Baxter, Beaman, Blaine, Blair, Blow, Boutwell, Boyd,
Brandegee, Broomall, Ambrose W. Clarke, Freeman Clark, Cobb,
Cole, Creswell, Henry Winter Davis, Thomas T. Daavis, Dawes,
Dixon, Donnelly, Driggs, Eckley, Eliot, Farnsworth, Fenton, Frank,
Garfield, Gooch, Griswold, Higby, Hooper, Hotchkiss, Asahel W.
Hubbard, John K. Hubbard, Hulburd, Ingersoll, Jenckes, Julian,
Kelley, Francis W. Kellogg, O. Kellogg, Littlejohn, Loan, Longyear,
Marvin, McClurg, McIndoe, Samuel F. Miller, Moorhead, Morrill,
Daniel Morris, Amos Myers, Leonard Myers, Norton, Charles O’Neill,
Orth, Patterson, Perham, Pike, Price, Alexander H. Rice, John H.
Rice, Schenck, Scofield, Shannon, Sloan, Spalding, Starr, Stevens,
Thayer, Thomas, Tracy, Upson, Van Valkenburgh, Webster, Whaley,
Williams, Wilder, Wilson, Windom, Woodbridge—86.
Nays—Messrs. James C. Allen, William J. Allen, Ancona,
Augustus C. Baldwin, Bliss, Brooks, James S. Brown, Chanler,
Coffroth, Cox, Cravens, Dawson, Denison, Eden, Edgerton,
Eldridge, English, Finck, Ganson, Grider, Harding, Harrington,
Charles M. Harris, Herrick, Holman, Hutchins, Kalbfleisch, Kernan,
King, Knapp, Law, Lazear, Le Blond, Mallory, Marcy, McDowell,
McKinney, Wm. H. Miller, James R. Morris, Morrison, Odell,
Pendleton, Pruyn, Radford, Robinson, Jas. S. Rollins, Ross,