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Thesis (M. Th.)--University of Stellenbosch, 2007. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The thesis introduces a spiritual understanding of terminal care as life care within a pastoral approach to death and dying. The presupposition is that life and death are unavoidably connected, and that a meaningful approach to death and dying in terms of a Christian theological hermeneutics needs to start with the question “What is life?” The concept of a theological hermeneutics serves as an overall paradigm, which is implied within the interplay of life and death. The aim of a hermeneutical approach is to find meaning in living and dying in the fundamental God-human relationship. The eschatological perspective plays a significant role, as it emphasises the already and not yet of eschatology that become evident in every life event. An analysis of the theoretical paradigms and philosophical presuppositions behind a widespread “psychology of death and dying” shows that the phenomenological, client-centred models suffer from an overreliance on inner human potentials in coping with dying. Although these models provide valuable insights into the needs of the dying, they fail to equip individuals with a meaningful paradigm that lasts despite the reality of death. As a result, I propose a “theology of death and dying” that opts for a much more holistic approach to terminal care. Based on the impact of a Christian spiritual concept of life and a pastoral anthropology on a pastoral approach to terminal care, I argue that we do not have to cope with dying by ourselves but can trust in the faithfulness of God who will keep us strong to the end (1 Cor 1:8). As fear of death can effectively only be coped with by caring for life, pastoral care to the dying needs to emphasise the fundamental God-human relationship that guarantees life in spite of death. A unique stance of hope follows from a Christian spiritual understanding of life that overcomes the paradigmatic gap left by psychological approaches to death and dying, and makes us aware that the new life in the Spirit is a quality that we already possess. Eventually, the life care approach is applied to a pastoral prevention strategy in the context of the HIV pandemic. I argue the thesis that prevailing HIV prevention programmes suffer from a lack of an overall frame of reference from which to reflect on the necessity for behavioural change. To fill this gap, a spiritual life care approach to the HIV pandemic emphasises the development of a Christian ethos based on an internalised assurance of the purpose and destiny of human life, which can function as an overall paradigm behind a prevention strategy. This pastoral prevention strategy is based on the assumption that positive change, the anticipation of a better future and true hope derive from an understanding of who we are as human beings before and in relationship with God. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie tesis stel ʼn spirituele begrip van terminale sorg as lewensorg binne ʼn pastorale benadering tot dood en sterfte bekend. Die voorveronderstelling is dat lewe en dood onlosmaakbaar verbind is, en dat ʼn betekenisvolle benadering tot dood en sterfte in terme van ʼn Christelike teologiese hermeneutiek met die vraag “Wat is lewe?” ’n aanvang moet neem. Die konsep van teologiese hermeneutiek dien as 'n oorkoepelende paradigma, wat geïmpliseer word binne die wisselwerking van lewe en dood met die doelwit om betekenis te vind in lewe en dood in die fundamentele Godmens- verhouding. ’n Eskatologiese perspektief speel ’n beduidende rol, aangesien dit die alreeds en die nog nie van eskatologie beklemtoon, wat in elke lewensgebeurtenis duidelik word. ’n Ontleding van die teoretiese paradigmas en filosofiese voorveronderstellings rakende die wydverspreide “sielkunde van dood en sterfte” toon aan dat die fenomenologiese, kliëntgesentreerde modelle gebrek lei as gevolg van hul heftige aanspraak op die innerlike menslike potensiaal om sterfte te hanteer. Alhoewel hierdie modelle kosbare insigte ten opsigte van die behoeftes van die sterwendes bied, faal hulle daarin om individue toe te rus met ’n betekenisvolle paradigma wat volhoubaar is, afgesien van die werklikheid van die dood. Ek staan dus ’n “teologie van dood en sterfte” voor wat ’n veel meer holistiese benadering tot terminale sorg meebring. Gegrond op die impak van ’n Christelike, spirituele konsep van lewe en ’n pastorale antropologie op ’n pastorale benadering tot terminale sorg, argumenteer ek dat ons nie nodig het om die dood op ons eie te hanteer nie omdat ons op die getrouheid van God, wat ons sterk sal hou tot die einde (1 Kor 1:8), kan vertrou. Aangesien die vrees vir die dood slegs deur die omgee vir lewe hanteer kan word, is dit noodsaaklik dat pastorale sorg aan die sterwende die God-mens-verhouding, wat lewe te midde van dood waarborg, beklemtoon. ’n Unieke gesigspunt van hoop volg vanuit ’n Christelike, spirituele begrip van lewe, wat die paradigmatiese gaping wat gelaat word deur psigologiese benaderings tot dood en sterfte vul. Dit maak ons bewus dat die nuwe lewe in die Gees ’n kwaliteit is wat ons alreeds besit. Die lewensorg-benadering word uiteindelik in ’n pastorale voorkomingstrategie in die konteks van die MIV-pandemie toegepas. Ek argumenteer in die tesis dat heersende MIV-voorkomingsprogramme gestrem word deur ’n tekort aan ’n algehele verwysingsraamwerk, vanwaar oor die noodsaaklikheid van gedragsverandering nagedink kan word. Om hierdie gaping te vul, stel ek ’n spirituele lewensorg-benadering voor, wat die ontwikkeling van ’n Christelike etos beklemtoon, gegrond op ’n inwendige sekerheid van die doel en bestemming van menslike lewe, wat as ’n algehele paradigma vir ’n pastorale voorkomingstrategie kan funksioneer. Hierdie voorkomingstrategie is gegrond op die veronderstelling dat positiewe verandering, die verwagting van ’n beter toekoms, en ware hoop voortspruit uit ’n begrip van wie ons as mense voor en in verhouding met God is.

Submitted by Filipe dos Santos (fsantos@pucsp.br) on 2018-11-27T11:18:32Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Valéria Aparecida Rocha Torres.pdf: 10602217 bytes, checksum: 3cef62fc4b1500f2f7d6369a5a2640be (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-11-27T11:18:32Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Valéria Aparecida Rocha Torres.pdf: 10602217 bytes, checksum: 3cef62fc4b1500f2f7d6369a5a2640be (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-10-02 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / Fundação São Paulo - FUNDASP / Introduction: The thought about O Bem Morrer is a relevant aspect in the construction of the sense of death and dying in Brazil. Systematized through manuals written mostly by Jesuit priests between XVII, XVIII and XIX centuries, where we find it as model of and for the death through the centuries and surpassing the binomial modernity/secularization that, by the end of the XIX century, became a characteristic of the Brazilian social and political life. Therefore, we try to understand the religious phenomena that provide this thought of Bem Morrer its longevity in the core of a society that, although claims itself as secular, results from a inneclesiamento process that characterizes the Brazilian Catholic ethos. Objective – explain and understand the longevity of the thought of bem morrer from invariables queries about death, represented through praxis and thinking involving the inneclesiamento characteristic of the Brazilian Catholicism. Methods – we elaborated a documentary group gathering three Bem Morrer manuals written between XVII and XVIII centuries by Jesuit priests Estevão de Castro, José Maria Bonucci and José Aires and a series of interviews within the Catholic community of Espírito Santo do Pinhal, SP. These were open and semi-structured interviews, following a pre-stablished guide about Catholic mortuary rites through remembrances and memories about religious coping with death. Invariables questions proposed by anthropologist Maurice Godelier were applied to the manuals and interviews, confirming the hypothesis that only religions can produce effective answers that support and provide meaning to the human existence. Results – It can be demonstrated that the invariable questions such as: Where do we go when we die? What to do on the last moment of life? - brought answers that changed little through centuries, having the ideals of bem morrer as a reference. Such longevity was possible due to the social life that was built around the Eclesia, main characteristic of the Brazilian society. This assumption was confirmed when many Catholic death rituals from different Brazilian regions were brought as a comparative element. From this, we could confirm that there is a Brazilian way of dying, expressed by the Catholic ethos and persisted above the social processes brought by the binomial modernity/secularization. Therefore, when facing death, we are all not moderns, yet / Introdução: O ideário do Bem Morrer é um traço significativo no processo de elaboração do sentido da morte e do morrer no Brasil. Sistematizado por Manuais escritos entre os séculos XVII, XVIII e XIX fundamentalmente por padres Jesuítas encontramos sua presença como modelo de e para a morte atravessando séculos e persistindo ao binômio modernidade/secularização que, a partir do final do século XIX passam a caracterizar a vida política e social brasileira. Assim, procuramos compreender os fenômenos religiosos que proporcionam a longevidade do ideário do Bem Morrer no interior de uma sociedade que se apesar de se representar secular, é resultado de um processo de inneclesiamento que caracteriza o ethos católico brasileiro. Objetivo – Explicar e compreender longevidade do ideário de bem morrer a partir de perguntas invariantes sobre a morte representadas por meio das práticas e do pensamento que se constitui em torno do inneclesiamento característico do catolicismo brasileiro. Métodos – Elaboramos um corpo documental que reúne três manuais de bem morrer escritos entre os séculos XVII e XVIII pelos padres jesuítas Estevão de Castro, José Maria Bonucci e José Aires e uma série de entrevistas coletadas entre a comunidade católica de Espírito Santo do Pinhal (SP). Essas entrevistas são abertas e semi-estruturadas seguindo um roteiro pré-estabelecido sobre ritos mortuários católicos por meio das lembranças e memórias em torno do enfrentamento religioso da morte. Aplicamos aos manuais e as entrevistas as perguntas invariantes sobre a morte propostas pelo antropólogo Maurice Godelier confirmando a hipótese que, diante da morte somente as religiões produzem respostas efetivas que sustentam e dá sentido a existência humana. Resultados – Pode-se demonstrar que as perguntas invariantes sobre a morte tais como: Para onde vamos quando morremos? O que fazer no último instante da vida? Produziram respostas que pouco variaram durante séculos tendo em vista as referências do ideário de bem morrer. Cuja permanência foi possível em torno da vida social que se construiu ao redor da Eclésia, característica fundamental da sociedade brasileira. Confirmamos essa afirmação quando trouxemos vários rituais mortuários brasileiros como elemento comparativo. A partir do que pudemos afirmar que existe uma forma brasileira de morrer que, fundamentalmente se expressa por meio do ethos católico e que persistiu os processos sociais desencadeados pelo binômio modernidade/secularização. Portanto, diante da morte, ainda não somos todos modernos

Submitted by Filipe dos Santos (fsantos@pucsp.br) on 2017-09-04T18:06:03Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Sérgio Lucas Câmara.pdf: 1112617 bytes, checksum: 7568d006df1768b592ed6fbfb5a82f6f (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-09-04T18:06:03Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Sérgio Lucas Câmara.pdf: 1112617 bytes, checksum: 7568d006df1768b592ed6fbfb5a82f6f (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-08-23 / Conselho Nacional de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico - CNPq / Considering the studies on death in the field of psychology, the relationship between psychology and religion and the continuous action of Catholic priests in situations of finitude, this study had the objective of carrying out a systematic and critical review of the production of psychology in Brazil, articulating the themes of death with religion, especially the Catholic Christianity. Researches were performed on the BVS-PSi Platform, integrated to Scielo, from 2011 to 2016, and papers published in Qualis/CAPES A1, A2, B1 and B2 journals were selected, originally written in Portuguese, published in Brazil, having at least one psychologist among the authors. According to the established criteria, only six articles were selected. Of these, none of them explored the religious or spiritual dimension in dealing with death, although the theme had emerged in the researches. The collected material was submitted to analysis, according to three categories: identification characteristics, methodological characteristics and content characteristics. A survey was also made with the documents of the Catholic Church with reference to the formation and guidance to priests, regarding death and dying. The results obtained on psychology production revealed a low number of published articles which link death to religion, and even when it appears in the articles on death/mourning, the theme of religion/spirituality is not explored. Likewise, the articles on religion/spirituality in psychology did not explore the subject of death/mourning. Nevertheless, we have identified significant possibilities of articulation between psychology and religion in the situation of death. With specific reference to Catholicism, the articles produced in psychology are depleted of knowledge about the three moments organized by Catholic Christianity to deal with death and dying. On the other hand, the guidance of the Church to the priests regarding the situation of death is more significant in the organization of rituals, but without references to the advances of production in psychology, which evidences the need for the religious formation to approach the psychological knowledge. In the field of psychology, this research exposes a gap in the studies that articulate death/mourning with religion/spirituality, especially regarding the Catholic Christianity, which counts with the adhesion of a considerable portion of the Brazilian population. Therefore, this research suggests more exploratory studies that appropriate the importance of religion in, at least, two perspectives: expansion of psychological knowledge and clinical practice with mourners. The partnership between religion and psychology can therefore benefit the performance of both psychologists and priests in dealing with the situation of death / Considerando os estudos sobre morte no campo da psicologia, a relação entre psicologia e religião e a frequente atuação dos padres católicos em situações da finitude, este estudo teve por objetivo realizar uma revisão sistemática e crítica da produção da psicologia no Brasil, que articule os temas da morte com a religião, especialmente o cristianismo católico. Foram realizadas buscas na Plataforma BVS- -Psi, integrada à Scielo, no período de 2011 a 2016 e selecionados artigos publicados em periódicos Qualis/CAPES A1, A2, B1 e B2, escritos originalmente em português, publicados no Brasil, tendo pelo menos um psicólogo entre os autores. De acordo com os critérios estabelecidos foram selecionados apenas seis artigos. Desses, nenhum explorou a dimensão religiosa ou espiritual ao tratar da morte, embora o tema tenha emergido nas pesquisas. O material coletado foi submetido à análise, de acordo com três categorias: características de identificação, características metodológicas e características de conteúdo. Realizou-se também um levantamento junto aos documentos da Igreja Católica que se referem à formação e orientação aos padres, com relação à morte e ao morrer. Os resultados obtidos sobre a produção em psicologia revelam um baixo número de artigos publicados que relacionam a morte à religião e ainda, quando aparece nos artigos sobre morte/luto, o tema da religião/espiritualidade não é explorado. Da mesma forma, os artigos sobre religião/espiritualidade em psicologia não exploraram o tema da morte/luto. Entretanto, identificamos significativas possibilidades de articulação entre psicologia e religião em situação de morte. No que se refere especificamente ao catolicismo, os artigos produzidos em psicologia não revelam conhecimento sobre os três momentos organizados pelo cristianismo católico para lidar com a morte e o morrer. Por outro lado, a orientação da Igreja aos padres quanto à situação de morte revela-se mais significativa na organização dos rituais, mas sem referências aos avanços da produção em psicologia, o que evidencia a necessidade de a formação dos religiosos aproximar-se do conhecimento psicológico. No campo da psicologia, esta pesquisa expõe uma lacuna nos estudos que articulam a morte/luto com a religião/espiritualidade, especialmente quanto ao cristianismo católico, que conta com a adesão de uma considerável parcela da população brasileira. Assim, esta pesquisa sugere mais estudos exploratórios que se apropriem da importância da religião em, pelo menos, duas perspectivas: expansão do saber psicológico e atuação clínica com enlutados. A parceria entre religião e psicologia pode, portanto, beneficiar tanto a atuação dos psicólogos quanto dos padres, no atendimento à situação de morte

Submitted by Filipe dos Santos (fsantos@pucsp.br) on 2018-07-30T12:24:03Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Isabel Cristina Bueno Palumbo.pdf: 2591502 bytes, checksum: b3e0518b87654e1f3ee7324ff00b14d4 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-07-30T12:24:03Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Isabel Cristina Bueno Palumbo.pdf: 2591502 bytes, checksum: b3e0518b87654e1f3ee7324ff00b14d4 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-05-29 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / Fundação São Paulo - FUNDASP / This thesis aimed to analyze the meaning of religion for patients in palliative care and for their relatives. We start from the hypothesis that the approximation of religion and the development of religiosity and spirituality are fundamental to reduce the anguish provoked by the proximity of death among patients in palliative care and among their loved ones. It is an exploratory research of qualitative approach and historical method. To obtain the data, we conducted 11 interviews, 8 with patients and 3 with relatives of patients. The interviews were based on a semi-structured script with questions about the life history, religious experience and religion’s approach after the diagnosis of inability to cure. The interviews were realized at the Premier Hospital, on January 04th, 06th, 09th, 2017, and January 08th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 15th, 17th, 2018. During the month of December 2016, we visited the hospital every day to know the local routine and the hospitalized patients. For the construction of the script of questions and for the analysis of the data obtained from the interviews and the fieldwork, we adopted the historical method elaborated by Franz Boas (2004) and the hermeneutic analysis developed by Gadamer (1997). We also searched the history of the main concepts that guided our study. After analyzing and discussing the data of this research, we confirmed our hypothesis: we found that the majority of respondents came closer to religion after they were known to have incurable diseases / Esta tese teve como objetivo analisar o significado da religião para os pacientes em cuidados paliativos e para seus familiares. Parti da hipótese de que a aproximação da religião e o desenvolvimento da religiosidade e da espiritualidade são fundamentais para diminuir a angústia suscitada pela proximidade da morte entre os pacientes em cuidados paliativos e seus entes queridos. Trata-se de uma pesquisa exploratória de abordagem qualitativa e método histórico. Para a obtenção dos dados, realizei 11 entrevistas, 8 com pacientes e 3 com familiares de pacientes. As entrevistas tiveram como base um roteiro semiestruturado com questões que versavam sobre a história de vida, vivência religiosa e aproximação da religião depois do diagnóstico de impossibilidade de cura, e foram realizadas no Hospital Premier, nos dias 04, 06 e 09 de janeiro de 2017, e 08, 10, 11, 12, 15 e 17 de janeiro de 2018. Durante o mês de dezembro de 2016, visitei diariamente o hospital para conhecer a rotina local e os pacientes internados. Para a construção do roteiro de questões e para a análise dos dados obtidos com as entrevistas e o trabalho de campo, adotei o método histórico elaborado por Franz Boas (2004) e a análise hermenêutica desenvolvida por Gadamer (1997). Pesquisei também a história dos principais conceitos que orientavam nosso estudo. Depois de realizar a análise e a discussão dos dados desta pesquisa, confirmei minha hipótese, ao constatar que a maior parte dos entrevistados aproximou-se mais da religião depois de saber ser portador de doença incurável

Submitted by Filipe dos Santos (fsantos@pucsp.br) on 2017-12-08T11:27:10Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Beatriz Ferrara Carunchio.pdf: 1789587 bytes, checksum: 02b52956206c5ee3ff100f009b1ee306 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-12-08T11:27:10Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Beatriz Ferrara Carunchio.pdf: 1789587 bytes, checksum: 02b52956206c5ee3ff100f009b1ee306 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-11-27 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / Fundação São Paulo - FUNDASP / Near-Death Experience (NDE) is a mystical experience that happens during or near of clinical death. During NDE, one experiences phenomena as out of body experience, meetings with supernatural agents, travels through a transcendent reality or even seeing what is happening around the body. The aim of this study is to verify if there is any correlation between mystical experience and NDE. We suggest that there is correlation, and maybe this is the responsible for initiate changes in perception and meaning one sees in life. About the method, we used two scales: Hood‟s Mysticism Scale (M Scale) and Greyson‟s NDE Scale. We had 350 valid answers (N=350). 14% had experienced NDE, 13% had already been in risk of death, but hadn‟t experienced NDE, and 73% had never been in risk of death. The statistical analysis was made with SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences). Factor 3 had statistical significance (p=0,01) for both the groups that had been in risk of death. According to correlational analysis, the higher scores in Greyson‟s NDE Scale, the bigger scores in Factor 3 of Hood‟s M Scale. We concluded that there is correlation between NDE and introvertive mysticism / Experiência de Quase Morte (EQM) é uma experiência mística que ocorre durante ou próximo da morte clínica. Durante a EQM, a pessoa vivencia fenômenos como experiência fora do corpo, encontro com seres sobrenaturais, visita a uma realidade transcendente ou, ainda, observação da cena em que o corpo está. O objetivo desta tese é verificar se há correlação entre experiência mística e EQM. A hipótese é que há correlação, o que desencadearia mudanças na percepção e atribuição de sentido para a vida. O método foi aplicação das escalas: Escala M de Misticismo de Hood e a Escala de EQM de Greyson. Obtivemos 350 respostas válidas (N=350), sendo que 14% teve EQM, 13% correu risco de morte, sem EQM, e 73% nunca correu risco de morte iminente. Na análise estatística com o SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences) constatou-se significância estatística no Fator 3 – misticismo de introversão da Escala M entre os grupos que teve EQM e que correu risco de morte, mas não teve EQM (p=0,01). De acordo com a análise de correlações, quanto maior o resultado na Escala de EQM de Greyson, maior também a pontuação no Fator 3. Concluímos que há correlação entre EQM e experiência mística de introversão

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MA (Xitsonga) / Senthara ya M.E.R. Mathivha ya Tindzimu ta Afrika, Vutshila ni Ndhvuko / The study examines the taboos of death and their significance in the context of Xitsonga culture in the Hlanganani Area of the Vhembe District, Limpopo Province of South Africa. The study deals with social taboos pertaining to death and how Vatsonga perceive their dead. The principal aim of the study is to highlight the significance of taboos pertaining to death, the burial and the post-burial rites/rituals amongst Vatsonga in the Hlanganani Area. The study guarantees the continuity and resilience of the post-burial rituals. Accordingly, the study shows that the taboos are largely reflected through language. The study will recommend that the taboos as the important components of Xitsonga culture must be incorporated in the South African education system. More importantly, the study shows that language and culture are interlinked and cannot be separated. The researcher will employ the Renaissance Theory. The Renaissance Theory argues that a number of indigenous cultural identities, values and norms which used to be functional for society in the past can still be used today if properly utilised because they are the building blocks of indigenous existentiality. It is an emerging postcolonial philosophy which envisions reclaiming the glories of the African past. It posits that to think of the African life is to think of the unity of the shared perennial communitarian values. Data will collected through interviews and focus groups.