Religion, Religious Ethics, and Nursing

✍ Scribed by Fowler, Marsha D M(Editor);Reimer-Kirkham, Sheryl(Editor);Sawatzky, Richard(Editor)

• Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 432
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

[This] is a book that challenges you to step back and broaden your thinking about religion in general and religion in nursing...Nurses at all levels will appreciate the applications to nursing practice, theory, and research.--Journal of Christian Nursing

The Reverend Dr. Marsha Fowler and her colleagues have written a landmark book that will change and enlighten the discourse on religion and spirituality in nursing. The authors address the awkward silence on religion in nursing theory and education and with insightful scholarship move beyond the current level of knowledge and limited discourse on religion in nursing theory, education and practice. This book is path-breaking in that [it] gives many new ways to think about the relationships between ethics, health, caregiving, moral imagination, religion and spirituality.

From the Foreword byPatricia Benner,PhD, RN, FAAN
Professor Emerita of Nursing
Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences and Nursing
University of California, San Francisco


The past 25 years have witnessed an escalating discussion on the role of spirituality within health care. This scholarly volume is rooted in the belief that not only is religion integral to nursing care, but the religious beliefs of both nurse and patient can significantly influence care and its outcome. It offers an in-depth analysis of the ways in which religion influences the discipline of nursing, its practitioners, and treatment outcomes.

Through the contributions of an international cadre of nurse scholars representing the world's major religious traditions, the book explores how theories, history and theologies shape the discipline, bioethical decision making, and the perspective of the nurse or patient who embraces a particular religion. It examines the commonalities between the values and thinking of nursing and religion and identifies basic domains in which additional research is necessary. The authors believe that ultimately, scholarly dialogue on the relationship between religion and nursing will foster and enhance nursing practice that is ethical and respectful of personal values.

Key Features:



Offers in-depth analysis of how religion influences the discipline of nursing, its practitioners, and treatment outcomes
Uses critical theories to explore the intersections of religion, ethics, culture, health, gender, power, and health policy
Includes an overview of all major world religions
Focuses on the implications of religion for nursing practice rather than nursing interventions
Designed for graduate and upper-level undergraduate students, nurse academicians and clinicians
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✦ Table of Contents

RELIGION, RELIGIOUS ETHICS, AND NURSING......Page 1
Endorsements......Page 3
Half Title Page......Page 5
About the authors......Page 6
Title Page......Page 7
Copyright......Page 8
Dedication......Page 9
Content......Page 11
Contributors......Page 13
Foreword......Page 15
Preface......Page 19
Acknowledgments......Page 23
Chapter 1: Religion and Nursing......Page 27
SECULARIZATION, SCIENCE, RELIGION, AND NURSING’S ASPIRATIONS......Page 28
THE SECULARIZATION THESIS......Page 29
NURSING ASPIRATIONS AND THE NEGLECT OF RELIGION......Page 35
NURSING’S INTERACTION WITH RELIGION......Page 38
NURSING AND HOLISTIC, WHOLE PERSON CARE......Page 41
RELIGION AS OBJECT OF STUDY......Page 42
DEFINING RELIGION......Page 45
NOTES......Page 48
Chapter 2: Religious Ethics, Religious Social Ethics, and Nursing......Page 53
RELIGION AND RELIGIOUS MORAL AUTHORITY......Page 56
SOCIAL APPLICATIONS OF RELIGIOUS ETHICS: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT......Page 75
NOTES......Page 83
Chapter 3: Religion and Theoretical Thinking in Nursing......Page 87
THE POWER OF IDEAS......Page 88
THE INFLUENCE OF RELIGION ON EARLY NURSING THEORY......Page 89
RELIGION AND NURSING PHILOSOPHY......Page 90
RELIGION AND NURSING DIAGNOSES......Page 92
CURRENT RELIGIOUS INFLUENCES ON NURSING THEORY......Page 93
ETHICAL IMPLICATIONS OF RELIGIOUS INFLUENCES ON NURSING THEORY......Page 95
RELIGION INFORMING THE NURSING DISCIPLINE......Page 96
NOTES......Page 99
Chapter 4: Feminist and Religious Ethics in Nursing......Page 103
NURSING AND FEMINISM: A COMPLEX RELATIONSHIP......Page 105
FEMINIST ETHICS IN NURSING......Page 107
FEMINIST AND RELIGIOUS ETHICS IN NURSING: CONTRIBUTIONS AND TENSIONS......Page 110
A TRI-PARTITE FRAMEWORK FOR EXPLORING ETHICAL ISSUES......Page 112
CONCLUSION......Page 114
NOTES......Page 115
Chapter 5: A Critical Reading Across Religion and Spirituality: Contributions of Postcolonial Theory to Nursing Ethics......Page 119
POSTCOLONIAL THEORY......Page 121
CRITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS OF POSTCOLONIAL THEORY TO THE STUDY OF RELIGION, NURSING, AND NURSING ETHICS......Page 124
ETHICAL IMPLICATIONS FOR CRITIQUE, REFLEXIVITY, AND PRAXIS......Page 131
NOTES......Page 133
INTRODUCTION......Page 139
A PRÉCIS OF INTERSECTIONALITY......Page 141
INTERSECTIONALITY, RELIGION, AND SPIRITUALITY......Page 142
INTERSECTIONAL APPLICATIONS TO NURSING ETHICS......Page 145
CONCLUDING COMMENTS AND CAUTIONS......Page 149
NOTES......Page 150
Chapter 7: Missionary Nursing: Internationalizing Religious Ideals......Page 155
LAYING THE GROUNDWORK FOR MISSIONARY NURSING......Page 156
MISSIONARY NURSING: A RESPONSE TO THE CALL......Page 159
AN ARM OF THE (MALE-DOMINATED) CHURCH......Page 161
AN ARM OF THE (FEMALE-DOMINATED) PROFESSION......Page 164
ELIZABETH MCKECHNIE: PROXIMITY WITH WOMEN OF INFLUENCE......Page 166
“WORTHY OF THE NAME”: INTERNATIONALIZING A RELIGIOUS IDEAL......Page 169
CONCLUSION......Page 171
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 172
NOTES......Page 173
INTRODUCTION......Page 177
CATHOLIC HOSPITALS AND NURSING: THE 19TH AND 20TH CENTURIES IN THE UNITED STATES......Page 179
TRANSITIONS IN CHURCH AND SOCIETY: AFTER 1950......Page 190
CONCLUSION......Page 193
NOTES......Page 194
INTRODUCTION......Page 199
OVERVIEW OF HINDUISM......Page 200
UNDERSTANDING OF PERSONHOOD AND HEALTH......Page 202
ENVIRONMENT......Page 208
HEALER......Page 209
NURSING......Page 210
ETHICS......Page 212
ON BEING A HINDU AS PATIENT OR NURSE......Page 213
CONCLUSION......Page 219
NOTES......Page 221
INTRODUCTION......Page 223
OUR OBLIGATIONS AS HUMAN BEINGS AND PROFESSIONALS FROM A JEWISH POINT OF VIEW......Page 225
NURSES AS PROFESSIONAL EMPATHIZERS......Page 227
WHY DO BAD THINGS HAPPEN?......Page 228
HARNESSING NATURE AND “CONQUERING GOD” FOR HEALING......Page 230
USE OF PRAYER AND AMULETS FOR THE MAINTENANCE, PRESERVATION, AND RESTORATION OF HEALTH......Page 232
SUMMATIVE REMARKS......Page 235
NOTES......Page 236
INTRODUCTION......Page 239
CORE BELIEFS AND AUTHORITY IN CHRISTIANITY......Page 240
THE INDIVIDUAL AND COMMUNITY: HOSPITALITY TO THE STRANGER......Page 242
HEALTH AND MEDICINE IN THE CHRISTIAN TRADITION......Page 243
CHRISTIAN HEALTH CARE ETHICS......Page 245
THE NURSE IN THE CHRISTIAN TRADITION......Page 247
THE CHRISTIAN PATIENT......Page 249
CONCLUSION......Page 251
NOTES......Page 252
SETTING THE SCENE......Page 255
NURSING PARADIGM CONCEPTS: ISLAMIC VIEWS......Page 257
THE INDIVIDUAL, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND SECURITY......Page 259
ISLAMIC ETHICAL PRINCIPLES......Page 263
THE MEDICAL AND NURSING PROFESSIONS IN ISLAM......Page 269
THE WAY FORWARD......Page 272
NOTES......Page 273
OVERVIEW OF SIKHISM......Page 277
DIVERSITY WITHIN THE SIKH COMMUNITY......Page 281
SIKH PHILOSOPHY (ETHICS) IN THE RELATIONAL CONTEXT OF HEALTH CARE SERVICES AND NURSING PRACTICE......Page 282
NOTES......Page 290
INTRODUCTION......Page 293
BASIC CONCEPTS......Page 294
MEDICAL AND RELIGIOUS PLURALISM IN THE BOLIVIAN HIGHLANDS......Page 296
A CASE STUDY FROM NORTH AMERICA......Page 301
A CASE STUDY FROM AUSTRALIA......Page 308
CONCLUSIONS......Page 313
NOTES......Page 314
Chapter 15: Emergent Nonreligious Spiritualities......Page 321
LOCATING EMERGENT SPIRITUALITIES......Page 322
THE NATURE OF EMERGENT SPIRITUALITIES......Page 325
EMERGENT SPIRITUALITIES, NURSING, AND ETHICS......Page 328
IMPLICATIONS FOR ETHICAL NURSING PRACTICE......Page 330
NOTES......Page 333
Chapter 16: Religion and Patient Care......Page 339
RELIGIOUS BELIEFS AND ILLNESS......Page 340
RELIGIOUS PRACTICES IN RESPONSE TO ILLNESS......Page 347
SUPPORTING PATIENT RELIGIOSITY......Page 350
PATIENT RELIGIOUS BELIEFS AND PRACTICES: CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS......Page 353
CONCLUSION......Page 356
NOTES......Page 357
A NURSE’S RELIGION AT THE BEDSIDE......Page 365
LITERATURE REVIEW......Page 368
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR NURSING PRACTICE......Page 375
NOTES......Page 380
INTRODUCTION......Page 385
ABOUT MEASUREMENT VALIDATION......Page 386
OPERATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS......Page 389
CONCEPTUAL RELATIONSHIPS......Page 393
PHILOSOPHICAL UNDERPINNINGS......Page 397
CONCLUSION......Page 399
NOTES......Page 400
RELIGION, NURSING IDENTITY, AND ASPIRATION......Page 405
RELIGION AND THE BOUNDARIES OF NURSING PRACTICE......Page 406
CONSTRAINTS AND PRACTICE ENVIRONMENTS......Page 407
RELIGION IN PUBLIC LIFE......Page 408
RELIGIOUS IDENTITY, INCLUSION, AND EXCLUSION......Page 409
RELIGION, NURSING THEORY, AND THE HUMAN CONDITION......Page 411
LIVED RELIGION, LIVED ETHICS......Page 412
Glossary......Page 413
Index......Page 417