Spirituality

Question 1

Agnostic

Answer 1

person who believes that nothing can be known about the existence of God

Question 2

Atheist

Answer 2

person who denies the existence of god

Question 3

Faith

Answer 3

(1) spiritual dimensions of a person’s life regardless of religious affiliation; (2) confident belief in something for which there is no proof or material evidence

Question 4

Hope

Answer 4

Ingredient in life responsible for a positive outlook, even in life’s bleakest moment

Question 5

Presencing

Answer 5

standing in the presence of another consciously believing in– and affirming– his or her capacity foe wholeness

Question 6

Religion

Answer 6

organized system of beliefs about a higher power; often includes set forms of worship, spiritual practices, and codes of conducts

Question 7

Spiritual Beliefs

Answer 7

practices associated with all aspects of a person’s life, including health and illness, that address the invisible “spirit”– a creative, mysterious, guiding power

Question 8

Spiritual Distress

Answer 8

an alteration in spiritual health (e.g. spiritual pain, alienation, anxiety, guilt, anger, loss, despair)

Question 9

Spiritual Healing

Answer 9

movement toward integration, from brokenness to wholeness

Question 10

Spiritual Health

Answer 10

condition that exists when the universal spiritual needs for meaning and purpose, love, and belonging, and forgiveness are met

Question 11

Spirituality

Answer 11

anything that pertains to a person’s relationship with a nonmaterial life force or higher power

Question 12

Spiritual Needs

Answer 12

lack of anything necessary for spiritual health (e.g. meaning and purpose, love and relatedness, forgiveness)