Elizabeth Meakes
Biographic Data
| ID | 1431431 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Elizabeth Meakes |
| GIVEN NAMES | Elizabeth |
| FAMILY NAME | Meakes |
| SIGNATURE | MEAKES E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Overview of the Evolution of Chaplaincy and Spiritual Care in the Canadian Province of Ontario (1973–2023)
Three Emerging Spiritual Practices in the Canadian Association for Spiritual Care (Casc)
Describes the relationship between practice and theory (praxis) along with an examination of changes in the last 40 years in the praxis of pastoral care and counselling in the Canadian Association for Spiritual Care (CASC) that led to spiritual care and psycho-spiritual therapy. Developments in spiritual practices include growth in multi-faith, evidence-based spiritual care, and spiritually integrated psychotherapy (psycho-spiritual therapy). Sug…
Three Doors to Spiritual Reflection
This is an ethnographic study exploring the role of emotion, images, and sacred texts in the spiritual reflection of non-chaplaincy health care professionals who offer spiritual care to their patients. Purposeful sampling of 20 health care professionals was employed. These non-chaplaincy professionals were interviewed and the researchers also kept field notes on the cultures in which they worked. Both interviews and field notes were transcribed a…
Time spent weekly on theological reflection in pastoral care and counseling
This qualitative research examines how much time is spent in theological reflection in the praxis of pastoral care and counseling. Seventy-five persons were interviewed from four cultures: chaplains, pastoral counselors, community clergy and seminary students who had completed a congregational internship. Seventy participants were from Christian faith groups with five from Muslim, Unitarian and spiritual faith groups. Individual interviews and fo…
Poetic Imagination
What is the role of emotions, imagination, and images in the praxis of theological reflection in pastoral care and counseling, and what images and/or verses from sacred texts best describe the process of theological reflection? These two questions guided this ethnographic study. Seventy-five practitioners of pastoral care and counseling were interviewed and field notes were also made. Findings include the importance of emotion and imagination wit…
A Canadian Qualitative Study on Theological Reflection in Pastoral Care and Counseling
This qualitative study is ethnographic in design. Two questions guide the study. How important is theological reflection to pastoral identity in pastoral care and counseling? With whom do practitioners converse in terms of theological reflection? A review of the literature is outlined and 75 persons are interviewed that include chaplains, pastoral counselors, community clergy and students. Findings indicate that theological reflection is essentia…
Connection to Early Church Theologians
Narrative Therapy Using a Reflecting Team
On the Right Track
On the Right Track
Narrative Therapy Using a Reflecting Team
Poetic Imagination
What is the role of emotions, imagination, and images in the praxis of theological reflection in pastoral care and counseling, and what images and/or verses from sacred texts best describe the process of theological reflection? These two questions guided this ethnographic study. Seventy-five practitioners of pastoral care and counseling were interviewed and field notes were also made. Findings include the importance of emotion and imagination wit…
A Canadian Qualitative Study on Theological Reflection in Pastoral Care and Counseling
This qualitative study is ethnographic in design. Two questions guide the study. How important is theological reflection to pastoral identity in pastoral care and counseling? With whom do practitioners converse in terms of theological reflection? A review of the literature is outlined and 75 persons are interviewed that include chaplains, pastoral counselors, community clergy and students. Findings indicate that theological reflection is essentia…
Connection to Early Church Theologians
Time spent weekly on theological reflection in pastoral care and counseling
This qualitative research examines how much time is spent in theological reflection in the praxis of pastoral care and counseling. Seventy-five persons were interviewed from four cultures: chaplains, pastoral counselors, community clergy and seminary students who had completed a congregational internship. Seventy participants were from Christian faith groups with five from Muslim, Unitarian and spiritual faith groups. Individual interviews and fo…
Three Doors to Spiritual Reflection
This is an ethnographic study exploring the role of emotion, images, and sacred texts in the spiritual reflection of non-chaplaincy health care professionals who offer spiritual care to their patients. Purposeful sampling of 20 health care professionals was employed. These non-chaplaincy professionals were interviewed and the researchers also kept field notes on the cultures in which they worked. Both interviews and field notes were transcribed a…
Three Emerging Spiritual Practices in the Canadian Association for Spiritual Care (Casc)
Describes the relationship between practice and theory (praxis) along with an examination of changes in the last 40 years in the praxis of pastoral care and counselling in the Canadian Association for Spiritual Care (CASC) that led to spiritual care and psycho-spiritual therapy. Developments in spiritual practices include growth in multi-faith, evidence-based spiritual care, and spiritually integrated psychotherapy (psycho-spiritual therapy). Sug…
Overview of the Evolution of Chaplaincy and Spiritual Care in the Canadian Province of Ontario (1973–2023)
Anthropology (8 works) · Psychology (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Ethnography (6 works) · Psychotherapist (6 works) · Pastoral care (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology (5 works) · Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics (4 works) · Family and Disability Support Research (4 works)