Religion, Religious Ethics, and Nursing

Contents

Acknowledgments

SECTION I: THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES

1. Religion and Nursing

Marsha D. Fowler

2. Religious Ethics, Religious Social Ethics, and Nursing

Marsha D. Fowler and Sheryl Reimer-Kirkham

3. Religion and Theoretical Thinking in Nursing

Barbara Pesut

4. Feminist and Religious Ethics in Nursing

Barbara Pesut

5. A Critical Reading Across Religion and Spirituality: Contributions of Postcolonial Theory to Nursing Ethics

Sheryl Reimer-Kirkham

6. Intersectional Analyses of Religion, Culture, Ethics, and Nursing

Sheryl Reimer-Kirkham and Sonya Sharma

SECTION II: HISTORICAL RESEARCH ON RELIGIOUS NURSING

7. Missionary Nursing: Internationalizing Religious Ideals

8. A History of Roman Catholic Nursing in the United States

Barbra Mann Wall

SECTION III: PERSPECTIVES FROM RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS

9. Hinduism and Nursing

Rani Srivastava, Bhartendu Srivastava, and Raman Srivastava

10. Judaism and Nursing

Anita Noble and Chaya Greenberger

11. Christianity and Nursing

Janice Clarke

12. Islam and Nursing

Muntaha K. Gharaibeh and Rowaida Al Maaitah

13. Sikhism and Nursing

Savitri W. Singh-Carlson and Harjit Kaur

14. Religions of Native Peoples and Nursing

Melania Calestani, Nereda White, Auntie Joan Hendricks, and Donna Scemons

15. Emergent Nonreligious Spiritualities

Sonya Sharma, Sheryl Reimer-Kirkham, and Marsha D. Fowler

SECTION IV: RELIGION AND NURSING PRACTICE

16. Religion and Patient Care

Elizabeth Johnston Taylor

17. The Nurse as a Religious Person

Elizabeth Johnston Taylor and Marsha D. Fowler

SECTION V: RESEARCH ON RELIGION, RELIGIOUS ETHICS, AND NURSING

18. The Measurement of Religious Concepts in Nursing

Richard Sawatzky and Landa Terblanche

SECTION VI: CONCLUDING NOTE

19. Looking Back and Looking Ahead: A Concluding Postscript

Marsha D. Fowler, Sheryl Reimer-Kirkham, Richard Sawatzky, Elizabeth Johnston Taylor, and Barbara Pesut