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ArticleJournal of religion and health2021

An Exploration of Suffering and Spirituality Among Older African American Cancer Patients as Guided by Howard Thurman's Theological Perspective on Spirituality.

Jill B Hamilton, Walter E Fluker

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Article in Journal of religion and health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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  1. Interventions to support spirituality among adults with cancer: a scoping review.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025
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  2. Journal of health care for the poor and underserved · 2024
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  3. Social Determinants of Health-Using a Holistic Approach to Cancer Care.Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education · 2021
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Jill B HamiltonNell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA. jbhamil@emory.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6553-5079
Walter E FlukerCandler School of Theology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The use of the religious experience to mitigate suffering within the context of a cancer diagnosis and treatment is poorly understood. Specifically, in this article, we explore suffering and the religious experience using Howard Thurman's theological perspective. This perspective permits an exploration of the ways in which spirituality enables African American cancer patients to better manage suffering through: (1) a positive self-image as a child of God or the identification with the sufferings of Jesus; (2) seeking harmony in one's environment; (3) the use of spirituality as self-nourishment; and, (4) the perspective of suffering as sacrament. In this paper, we use the narratives of African American cancer patients to argue that these theological perspectives are indeed relevant to the relief of suffering among this population.

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NeoplasmsSpiritual TherapiesBlack or African AmericanChildHumansSpiritualityTheologyAfrican American cancer patientsEmotional sufferingHoward ThurmanPsychological distressSpirituality

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PMID33682079

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