Sanctification of Health Care Interventions as a Coping Method
Sanctification can be understood as a process through which aspects of life are perceived as having divine character and significance. This article examines sanctification of health care interventions as a coping method. The aim is to analyse the mechanisms of this coping method in terms of function...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Published: |
Brill
2016
|
| In: |
Research in the social scientific study of religion
Year: 2016, Volume: 27, Pages: 1-23 |
| Further subjects: | B
Religious sociology
B Social sciences B Religionspsycholigie B Religionswissenschaften B Religion & Gesellschaft B Vergleichende Religionswissenschaft & Religionswissenschaft |
| Online Access: |
Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Summary: | Sanctification can be understood as a process through which aspects of life are perceived as having divine character and significance. This article examines sanctification of health care interventions as a coping method. The aim is to analyse the mechanisms of this coping method in terms of function and coping outcome. In-depth interviews are analysed from six informants who participated in a qualitative, longitudinal study focusing on religiosity and coping with cancer. Two coping mechanisms are identified: transformation of means for conserving objects of significance, and attribution of control. An analysis of the informants’ locus of control suggested two different forms of deferring coping styles: interventions perceived as supported or assisted by God and interventions where God is perceived as using the interventions. The complexity of the coping process with regards to means and ends of objects of significance is illuminated with a case study. The case study also indicates not only a reduction in stress as a coping outcome, but also a changed personal view of God, which illustrates interdependence between religiosity and the coping process |
|---|---|
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Research in the social scientific study of religion
|
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/9789004322035_002 |