著者

打本 弘祐

出版者

桃山学院大学

雑誌

桃山学院大学社会学論集 (ISSN:02876647)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.45, no.2, pp.119-147, 2012-03

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This is the third part of my project on spiritual care theory. Waldemar Kippes, a Catholic Father from Germany, has developed spiritual care theory in Japan based on his Christian faith. What is spiritual care theory of Kippes? Among his proposed six human dimensions in the theory, Kippes emphasizes that spiritual care providers relate mind, spirit, and soul to their professionally specialized areas of care. To create a better medical care team, it is important for spiritual care providers and healthcare professionals to distinguish the dimensions proposed by Kippes. In addition, in this paper I discuss the relationship among soul, spirit, and mind, and explain the consequences to other dimensions in care work. Kippes theory also offers suggestions for professional development programs. And one great characteristic of the proposed programs for care providers is a requirement of learning philosophy and religion. In this paper, I further elaborated upon definitions of "spiritual care" and "pastoral care" by Kippes. Today the word "Kippes" among spiritual care specialists in Japan is synonymous with spiritual care, pastoral care, and religious care. In Kippes theory, we must pay particular attention to Japanese cultural, religious and historical contexts.