Trauma, Substance Dependence and Religious Coping: A Narrative Spiritual Appraisal in Faith-Based Recovery Programs

The purpose of this article is to understand how people with substance dependence problems employ testimonies of spiritual transformation to develop, cope and sustain a sense of personal identity and create meaning from conflicting (traumatic) life experiences. The quest to undo the struggling with...

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Main Author: Sremac, Srdjan (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2018
In: Journal of empirical theology
Year: 2018, Volume: 31, Issue: 1, Pages: 112-135
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Addiction / Trauma / Coping / Conversion
RelBib Classification:AE Psychology of religion
CB Christian life; spirituality
RG Pastoral care
ZD Psychology
Further subjects:B Substance dependence religious coping spiritual transformation narrative trauma testimony
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