"God, If You're Real, and You Hear Me, Send Me a Sign": Dewey's Story of Living with a Spinal Cord Injury
Living with a spinal cord injury (SCI) is often a transformative spiritual experience. In this paper, the life story of Dewey, a man with incomplete tetraplegia, is examined with reference to the role religion and spirituality played in helping him adapt to SCI. For Dewey, a working-class husband an...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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2000
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Journal of religion, disability & health
Year: 2000, Volume: 4, Issue: 1, Pages: 57-89 |
| Further subjects: | B
spinal cord injury
B Disability B Case study B Spirituality B Qualitative methods B Adjustment B Religion B Quality of life |
| Summary: | Living with a spinal cord injury (SCI) is often a transformative spiritual experience. In this paper, the life story of Dewey, a man with incomplete tetraplegia, is examined with reference to the role religion and spirituality played in helping him adapt to SCI. For Dewey, a working-class husband and father, religion was not a salient feature of his pre-injury life. Only after a prolonged period of pain, depression, and isolation following SCI did Dewey experience a religious and spiritual awakening. Implications for generating a theory about religiousness and spirituality in the lives of persons with a disability are discussed. |
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| ISSN: | 1522-8967 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of religion, disability & health
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