Existential Elucidation : Jaspers, Boundary Situations, and Spiritual Care /

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Spiritual Care aims at supporting the spiritual needs of patients. From a secular view, Spiritual Care can be interpreted with the help of central notions of Karl Jaspers, such as "boundary situation" and "existential elucidation". Jaspers' concept of the "boundary situ...

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Frontmatter --
Table of Contents --
Words of welcome to the book "Existential Elucidation" --
Preface
Keyword: Boundary
The philosophy of boundary situations1011 --
Systematics and unity of Jaspers' boundary situations
Karl Jaspers' conception of boundary situations and its implications for spiritual care
Boundary situations
Doubts - curiosity - benefit
Existential boundaries. Jaspers on the interminable struggle with our finitude
Perspectives on application9293 --
Preferring existential darkness to elucidation?
Working with death, struggle and guilt
Jaspers and Bion
From Karl Jaspers to Irvin D. Yalom and Emmy van Deurzen:
Interdisciplinary research172173 --
Existential communication in post-secular societies among psychologists and chaplains
Recollected experiences of death as boundary situations
Echoes of Jaspers' concept of 'boundary situation' in two novels
Arts informed Research based on spiritual care research interviews. A workshop report
Hauptverfasser:
Gutschmidt, Rico, Frick, Eckhard
Weitere Verfasser:
Gutschmidt, Rico (HerausgeberIn), Frick, Eckhard (HerausgeberIn)
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Berlin Boston De Gruyter, [2025]
Zusammenfassung:
Spiritual Care aims at supporting the spiritual needs of patients. From a secular view, Spiritual Care can be interpreted with the help of central notions of Karl Jaspers, such as "boundary situation" and "existential elucidation". Jaspers' concept of the "boundary situation" refers to the fundamental boundaries of action and life, such as struggle, guilt, suffering and death. Human life always remains within these boundaries, but this is experienced in a special way in particular situations. According to Jaspers, such situations are experienced as boundary situations if this experience leads to "existential elucidation", namely to an attitude that comprehends and acknowledges life's fundamental boundaries. Boundary situations can occur in the context of the health-care sector. Patients, for example, who have to endure severe physical or emotional suffering or are confronted with their own death due to a terminal illness can experience their situation as a boundary situation in the sense of Jaspers. The contributions of this volume discuss the notion of boundary situation from philosophical, literary, and psychological perspectives and explore the question of how to support patients in boundary situations against this background.
Umfang:
1 online resource (IX, 253 p.)
Issued also in print.
Anmerkungen:
In English.
Schriftenreihe:
Studies in Spiritual Care ,
ISBN:
3-11-171537-X
ISSN:
2511-8838 ;
Schlagworte:
PHILOSOPHY / General.
RELIGION / Christian Ministry / Counseling & Recovery.
RELIGION / Psychology of Religion.
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