Islamic theological and spiritual foundations of resilience: implications for counseling and psychotherapy with Muslims

Although spiritual and religious beliefs and practices play a central role in people’s lives and psychological functioning, there have not been enough attempts to study how spiritual and religious beliefs and practices could be operationalized and applied to enhance resilience. This is especially s...

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Main Author: Ssekamanya , Siraje Abdallah
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2011
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spelling my.iium.irep.165752017-02-17T09:04:00Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/16575/ Islamic theological and spiritual foundations of resilience: implications for counseling and psychotherapy with Muslims Ssekamanya , Siraje Abdallah BF636 Applied psychology BP1 Islam Although spiritual and religious beliefs and practices play a central role in people’s lives and psychological functioning, there have not been enough attempts to study how spiritual and religious beliefs and practices could be operationalized and applied to enhance resilience. This is especially so with regards to the beliefs of Muslims. This lecture is an attempt to analyze the central beliefs and practices of Muslims in order to propose a preventive strategy that can be used in preventive/developmental settings with Muslim clients. In addition to analyzing the teachings embedded in the Qur’an and Hadith, it also considers the contributions early Muslim psychologists like al-Balkhi, Ibn Miskawayh, al-Kindi, Al-Ghazali, Ibn Taymiyyah, and Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah. 2011-09-23 Conference or Workshop Item REM application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/16575/1/Islamic_Theological_and_Spiritual_Foundations_of_Resilience_%5BCompatibility_Mode%5D.pdf Ssekamanya , Siraje Abdallah (2011) Islamic theological and spiritual foundations of resilience: implications for counseling and psychotherapy with Muslims. In: Public Lecture for Faculty of Psychology, Universitas Islam Negeri (UIN) Syarif Hidayatullah, , 23 September 2011, Jakarta, Indonesia.. (Unpublished)
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Islamic theological and spiritual foundations of resilience: implications for counseling and psychotherapy with Muslims
description Although spiritual and religious beliefs and practices play a central role in people’s lives and psychological functioning, there have not been enough attempts to study how spiritual and religious beliefs and practices could be operationalized and applied to enhance resilience. This is especially so with regards to the beliefs of Muslims. This lecture is an attempt to analyze the central beliefs and practices of Muslims in order to propose a preventive strategy that can be used in preventive/developmental settings with Muslim clients. In addition to analyzing the teachings embedded in the Qur’an and Hadith, it also considers the contributions early Muslim psychologists like al-Balkhi, Ibn Miskawayh, al-Kindi, Al-Ghazali, Ibn Taymiyyah, and Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah.
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author Ssekamanya , Siraje Abdallah
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title Islamic theological and spiritual foundations of resilience: implications for counseling and psychotherapy with Muslims
title_short Islamic theological and spiritual foundations of resilience: implications for counseling and psychotherapy with Muslims
title_full Islamic theological and spiritual foundations of resilience: implications for counseling and psychotherapy with Muslims
title_fullStr Islamic theological and spiritual foundations of resilience: implications for counseling and psychotherapy with Muslims
title_full_unstemmed Islamic theological and spiritual foundations of resilience: implications for counseling and psychotherapy with Muslims
title_sort islamic theological and spiritual foundations of resilience: implications for counseling and psychotherapy with muslims
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