The Role of Mentoring in Spiritual Transformation: A Faith-Based Approach to Recovery from Substance Abuse
Little research in the psychology of religion has been directly concerned with spiritual mentoring. This study centers on spiritual mentoring and relates it to the spiritual transformation of substance abusers in a Pentecostal-based recovery program called the Lazarus Project (LP). We interviewed si...
| Published in: | Pastoral psychology |
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| Authors: | ; |
| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Springer Science Business Media B. V.
2015
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Pastoral psychology
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| IxTheo Classification: | KDG Free church RG Pastoral care |
| Further subjects: | B
Presbyterian Church in the USA
B Spiritual mentoring B Social Services B Psychological research B Spiritualism B Qualitative Research B Substance Abuse B spiritual transformation B Drug treatment programs |
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| Summary: | Little research in the psychology of religion has been directly concerned with spiritual mentoring. This study centers on spiritual mentoring and relates it to the spiritual transformation of substance abusers in a Pentecostal-based recovery program called the Lazarus Project (LP). We interviewed six of the most effective mentors from the LP about various aspects of their mentoring relationships and present in this paper the results. We also included in each interview a phenomenological question that asked for detailed descriptions of the participant's most successful mentoring relationships. From a hermeneutic-thematic analysis, we found that a pattern of five themes emerged across all six protocols to collectively describe the meaning of the experience of a successful mentor-mentee relationship: (1) Connection, (2) Compassion, (3) Encouragement, (4) Spiritual Change, and (5) Parental Pride. We discuss our findings in relation to psychological and Evangelical literature on spiritual mentoring and to common existential grounds that provide a context for the experience. |
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| ISSN: | 1573-6679 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Pastoral psychology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/s11089-013-0558-0 |