Through the Touch of God
Child Death and Spiritual Sustenance in a Hutterian Colony
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13629657 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Joanne Cacciatore (0000-0001-5803-1211, Arizona State University, Phoenix, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 64 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 185-202 |
| Publication date | 2012-01-11 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0030-2228 • E-ISSN: 1541-3764 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2190/om.64.3.a |
| PMID | 22455105 |
| OpenAlex | W2075000349 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 20 |
Nestled in more than 5,000 acres of farmland in rural South Dakota, one Hutterian colony flourishes with more than 23 families and a population of 115 people. Very little is known about the ways in which Hutterites experience traumatic infant and child death on the colony. No research studies to date have explored this topic. This is an ethnographic study that utilized extended observations of the group and both individual and group interviewing in order to create a cultural portrait specifically focusing on Hutterites experiencing traumatic child death. Observations were organized into five thematic categories: 1) details of the actual death experience; 2) emotional and physical reactions to the loss; 3) familial and communal response; 4) coping and rituals; and 5) spirituality. The role of communal mourning, ritualization, and spirituality in creating a healing milieu for bereaved families is discussed
Alternative medicine · Coping (psychology · Ethnography · Population · Psychotherapist · Sociology · Spirituality · Sustenance · Vigil · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Anthropology · Demography · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · History · Human-Animal Interaction Studies · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,58 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2023 (10) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |