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Health and Mindfulness: A Christian Approach
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Health and Mindfulness: A Christian Approach

A special issue of Religions (ISSN 2077-1444). This special issue belongs to the section "Religions and Health/Psychology/Social Sciences".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 June 2022) | Viewed by 22255

Special Issue Editor

Dr. Regina Chow Trammel

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Department of Social Work, Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, CA 91702, USA
Interests: clinical social work practice; depression; anxiety; postpartum mood disorders; sexual abuse history; self-injury; eating disorders; effects of a Christian-informed mindfulness intervention; stress management; mindfulness and Christian mindfulness

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Mindfulness often draws from secular or Buddhist-based concepts and practices within the research community, practice realm, and, even more broadly, popular culture. This is important and necessary. However, the Christian religion can be foundational to the concepts, skills, and aims of mindfulness. How do we define a Christian approach to mindfulness? What are the important Christian spiritual practices that help define a Christian approach to mindfulness? What are the health benefits of a Christian approach to a mindfulness-based intervention?

We invite papers for this Special Issue on Health and Mindfulness: A Christian Approach. The focus of this Special Issue will be on the Christian approach of mindfulness to: theoretical development, definition, measurement, use of qualitative and quantitative research methods, cultural adaptations, applications toward better health, and behavioral health outcomes.

For this Special Issue, we welcome a broad range of manuscripts, including research articles, conceptual and theoretical articles, and book reviews, that address any aspect of a Christian approach to mindfulness and its application to health and behavioral health outcomes. The papers selected will be designed to benefit anyone interested in the intersections of Christianity, mindfulness, and health.

Dr. Regina Chow Trammel
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All papers will be peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a double-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Religions is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • mindfulness
  • Christian research
  • health outcomes
  • behavioral health

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Deep like the Rivers: Black Women’s Use of Christian Mindfulness to Thrive in Historically Hostile Institutions
by Yvette C. Latunde
Religions 2022, 13(8), 721; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/rel13080721 - 09 Aug 2022
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Historical literature demonstrates that Black women have exhibited a deep commitment to wellness and social change. Black women engage in various forms of mindfulness to sustain themselves as they make changes. There is a dearth of literature on the ways in which Black [...] Read more.
Historical literature demonstrates that Black women have exhibited a deep commitment to wellness and social change. Black women engage in various forms of mindfulness to sustain themselves as they make changes. There is a dearth of literature on the ways in which Black women in academia who identify as Christians describe Christian mindfulness and their applications of such to promote their own health and wellness in hostile environments. Autoethnography and narrative inquiry were used to describe and analyze the principles and practices a Black academic used to thrive in a historically hostile Christian institution. These findings suggest Christian mindfulness is vast and focused on God’s perspectives and applications of Godly wisdom. Full article
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Spirituality in Primary Care Settings: Addressing the Whole Person through Christian Mindfulness
by Zach Cooper
Religions 2022, 13(4), 346; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/rel13040346 - 11 Apr 2022
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Spirituality is integral to the provision of high-quality health and mental healthcare. Despite this, there is limited research on how to assess and address spiritual determinants of health within primary care settings. Many individuals initiate care within primary care settings, and several will [...] Read more.
Spirituality is integral to the provision of high-quality health and mental healthcare. Despite this, there is limited research on how to assess and address spiritual determinants of health within primary care settings. Many individuals initiate care within primary care settings, and several will only receive care from their primary care provider. The high prevalence of individuals receiving care within primary care settings coupled with the positive impact spirituality has on health and mental health reveal the need to care for spiritual needs within primary care settings. Integrated care is a model of treatment that addresses the fragmentation of healthcare by assessing and addressing the psychosocial determinants of health within primary care settings. The structure of integrated care models is designed to treat the biological and psychosocial determinants of health and, as a result, provide suitable context for assessing and addressing spirituality in primary care settings. The purpose of this paper is to (1) summarize the efforts to integrate spirituality within primary care (whole person care models), (2) summarize the integrated care efforts to promote psychosocial integration, (3) highlight Christian mindfulness as a potential form of intervention to address spirituality within integrated care models, and (4) operationalize the delivery of Christian mindfulness within a fully integrated care model. The conclusions from the conceptual review include both practice innovation for the assessment and intervention of spirituality in integrated care as well as potential direction for future research to study Christian mindfulness within integrated care settings. Full article
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Christian Accommodative Mindfulness: Definition, Current Research, and Group Protocol
by Fernando Garzon, Andres Benitez-DeVilbiss, Vera Turbessi, Yaa Tiwaa Offei Darko, Nelsie Berberena, Ashley Jens, Kaitlin Wray, Erica Bourne, John Keay, Jeffrey Jenks, Courtney Noble and Carletta Artis
Religions 2022, 13(1), 63; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/rel13010063 - 11 Jan 2022
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More clinicians are using mindfulness-based therapeutic strategies; however, Evangelical Christian clients sometimes worry about the Buddhist origins of these treatments. Christian accommodative mindfulness (CAM) attempts to address these concerns with culturally sensitive adaptations to mindfulness methods. We present a definition of CAM and [...] Read more.
More clinicians are using mindfulness-based therapeutic strategies; however, Evangelical Christian clients sometimes worry about the Buddhist origins of these treatments. Christian accommodative mindfulness (CAM) attempts to address these concerns with culturally sensitive adaptations to mindfulness methods. We present a definition of CAM and propose some worldview adjustments to typical mindfulness constructs when working with these clients. The empirical research on Christian-derived meditation strategies and Christian-adapted mindfulness strategies will then be reviewed. We introduce a four-session group CAM protocol currently being researched that focuses on scripture meditation, breath meditation, body awareness, and loving-kindness meditation. Sample scripts are included. Full article
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Christian Mindfulness and Mental Health: Coping through Sacred Traditions and Embodied Awareness
by Veronica L. Timbers and Jennifer C. Hollenberger
Religions 2022, 13(1), 62; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/rel13010062 - 10 Jan 2022
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Mindfulness is increasingly implemented as a tool in mental health practice for coping and self-care. Some Christians worry that these practices might be in conflict with their own tradition, while other Christian contexts are reclaiming the contemplative aspects of the faith. Though clinicians [...] Read more.
Mindfulness is increasingly implemented as a tool in mental health practice for coping and self-care. Some Christians worry that these practices might be in conflict with their own tradition, while other Christian contexts are reclaiming the contemplative aspects of the faith. Though clinicians are not trained to teach on religious topics and ethically must avoid pushing religion onto clients, conceptualization and research extend the benefits of mindfulness practices for religious clients. This paper will discuss the evidence for using mindfulness in mental health treatment and connect mindfulness to the Christian tradition. The authors explore how intentional awareness and embodiment of the present moment are supported in Christian theology through the incarnation of Jesus and God’s attention of the physical body in the Christian scriptures. The authors also discuss how sacraments and prayer naturally overlap with mindfulness practices for the dual purposes of emotional healing and spiritual growth. To bolster the benefits of mindfulness in the psychological and religious realms, the purpose of this paper is to empower therapists to address client concerns of whether mindfulness is in conflict with Christianity, support clients in expanding current Christian religious coping, and provide Christian leaders with more information about how mindfulness elements are already present in Christian rituals and beliefs. Full article
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Coping with Pastoral Burnout Using Christian Contemplative Practices
by Thomas V. Frederick, Yvonne Thai and Scott Dunbar
Religions 2021, 12(6), 378; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/rel12060378 - 24 May 2021
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Three Christian Devotion Meditation (CDM) practices—lectio divina, centering prayer, and the examen—will be offered to aid in coping with ministerial stress and to prevent burnout. CDM or Christian contemplative practices are uniquely suited to develop the emotional resources pastors need for coping with [...] Read more.
Three Christian Devotion Meditation (CDM) practices—lectio divina, centering prayer, and the examen—will be offered to aid in coping with ministerial stress and to prevent burnout. CDM or Christian contemplative practices are uniquely suited to develop the emotional resources pastors need for coping with burnout. The office of the pastor faces pressures which can cause burnout and threaten their ministries and personal relationships. The experience of pastoral burnout consists of acedia. Pastors experience spiritual emptiness due to two unique aspects of pastoral life. First, because pastors often work alongside with their families in the church while simultaneously serving their congregants, they experience inter-role conflict due to the high level of boundary ambiguity between their vocational and family lives. Second, pastors need to rely on their psychological resources to provide for their church members due to the emotional labor required of their positions. Consequently, pastors must rely on emotional labor strategies to respond positively to their congregations, which in turn can lead to emotional exhaustion. Full article
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