In China the equilateral cross is represented as within a square which represents the Earth, the meaning of which is: "God made the Earth in the form of a cross." It is noteworthy that the Chinese cross-in-a-box can also be likened to the swastika—also referred to as the "gammadion...
” I was completely out of shape after having my daughter and I knew I needed to get back into the swing of things. I had always been in okay shape, but after spending many months in the hospital with Harper, the stress and hospital food had gotten to me. I am a person who gets ...
In the past two decades neoliberalism as an ideology has had far-reaching consequences on how business organizations view their obligations to different stakeholders. Critiques of neoclassical economic theory, which is the basis of neoliberalism, hold that a series of a priori moral principles lay at...
This paper introduces the Attachment Mapping Protocol (AMP), which is an assessment and treatment tool for use in individual psychotherapy, systemic family therapy and multifaith spiritual care, using a bio-psycho-social-spiritual model of care. Attachment theory has a long and significant history i...
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Secondly, focus group discussions with kindergarten parents and principals, indicated that only minor adjustments were needed for the meaning of the survey contents to be considered clear, understandable and concise. Content validity is also obtained by expert judgment, to determine the extent to ...
Consequently, defining spirituality is “fraught with numerous pitfalls” (Palmer 1995, 91) due to connotations, variations, disagreements, confusions, and imprecisions around meaning (Jastrzębski 2022). Current common understandings and associations of the term relate to individual introspection and ...
the chat-bot Replika. The three core spiritual needs outlined in the Spiritual AIM are then engaged in relation to Replika—(1) meaning and direction, (2) self-worth/belonging to community, and (3) to love and be loved/reconciliation. These core spiritual needs are used to explore the ...
of this research was to examine spirituality in the lives of children living within a pluralistic context, ubiquitous spiritual notions (e.g., relationship with a higher power, purpose and meaning in life, spirit-body dualism) [6] that transcend cultures and creeds were of particular relevance....
2). Spirituality generally refers to the “capacity and tendency in all human beings to find and construct meaning about life and existence and to move towards personal growth, responsibility, and relationship with others” (Myers and Williard 2003, p. 149; cf. Elkins et al. 1988; Hill and...