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Thesis/Dissertation Information
- Degree Disciplines:
- Theology
Notes
- Abstract:
- This thesis proposal arises out of an increasing need for ministerial principles for those who minister and provide palliative care to Hispanic-Latino populations. The objective of this work is to explore principles for those who minister Hispanic-Latinos who are ill and dying. The one challenge that has captured my attention during my time working on this field is the need for a clear set of ministerial principles when providing spiritual care to Hispanic-Latino populations during the terminal stages of an illness. For this reason I believe that the ministerial principles will be instrumental to ministers and hospice care professionals. It will provide them a guide to maintain equality, justice and fairness in the service of diverse Hispanic-Latino terminally ill patient community and their families. These ministerial principles will encourage an attitude of cultural sensitivity and respect within the palliative care professional community I have two important initial claims about this thesis project. First, I have known counselors, volunteers, chaplains, and hospice aides whose main interest is to proselytize the terminally ill patient and their family members at a vulnerable time in their lives. Second, as part of the Hispanic-Latino population, I know that death is often treated as a taboo by many Hispanic-Latino communities. I believe that the ministerial principles will help educate Hispanic-Latinos about advanced directives without causing further fear or anxiety in them or their families. Furthermore, these ministerial principles will serve to enhance the quality of life of the Hispanic-Latino terminally ill patient and help to prepare the family for a peaceful embrace of the dying person. The primary methodology that I used for reflecting theologically is the pastoral circle (see, judge, and act). The work of Roberto S. Goizueta’s Caminemos con Jesús will be instrumental for the work of this thesis. Goizueta attends to critical areas in understanding the communal value of Hispanic-Latino cultures and applies it directly to his own personal home experience that gave fashion to the importance of a theology of accompaniment for the terminally ill Hispanic-Latino patient. In the last chapter I addressed five ministerial principles that are critical for accompanying in a culturally and religious responsive fashion Hispanic–Latino ill patients. The ministerial principles are: Pardon and Reconciliation, Popular Religiosity, Principle of Faith, Principle of Fear of Death, Principle of Accompaniment. The goal of these ministerial principles is to provide a set of foundational values that are essential for accompanying Hispanic-Latino ill and dying patients. The over goal is for hospice care workers working with Hispanic Latino terminally ill patients to acquire the appropriate set of socially-cultural-religious skills and aptitude in accompanying terminally ill patients and their families.
- Thesis:
- Thesis (Ph.D.)--Barry University, 2015.
- Bibliography:
- Includes bibliographical references (leaves 207-212).
Record Information
- Source Institution:
- Barry University
- Holding Location:
- Barry University Archives and Special Collections
- Rights Management:
- Copyright Alejandro Torres-Babilonia. Permission granted to Barry University to digitize, archive and distribute this item for non-profit research and educational purposes. Any reuse of this item in excess of fair use or other copyright exemptions requires permission of the copyright holder.
- Resource Identifier:
- BX2347.8.S5 T76 2015_TorresAlejandro ( BU-Local )
- Classification:
- BX2347.8.S5 T76 2015 ( lcc )
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