{"title":"The Impact of Spiritual Ministry on Catholic Residents of Correctional Institutions in West Kalimantan Province, Indonesia","authors":"Martinus Martinus, Hemma Gregorius Tinenti","doi":"10.1007/s11089-024-01160-9","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p>Spiritual needs are crucial for the personality development and behavior of prisoners in correctional institutions. The spiritual ministry provided to residents of correctional institutions is expected to have a positive impact. This research aimed to explore the impact of spiritual ministry on Catholic prisoners in several locations. The study was conducted in four correctional institutions in West Kalimantan Province, and the participants were 3 female prisoners, 10 male prisoners, and 2 religious instructors. Data was collected through open interviews and then analyzed. The findings indicate that spiritual ministries significantly impact prisoners. However, prisoners felt that the Church did not provide sufficient support, especially regarding professional religious instructors. Spiritual ministry often consisted of monotonous word ministries, usually without the presence of a priest. Based on the results of this research, the Church needs to be more tangibly present by preparing and accompanying spiritual ministries, assigning priests to serve prisoners, offering job training for released prisoners, providing legal assistance, and educating young people about the effects of drugs and sex.</p>","PeriodicalId":19961,"journal":{"name":"Pastoral Psychology","volume":"46 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8000,"publicationDate":"2024-08-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Pastoral Psychology","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11089-024-01160-9","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Spiritual needs are crucial for the personality development and behavior of prisoners in correctional institutions. The spiritual ministry provided to residents of correctional institutions is expected to have a positive impact. This research aimed to explore the impact of spiritual ministry on Catholic prisoners in several locations. The study was conducted in four correctional institutions in West Kalimantan Province, and the participants were 3 female prisoners, 10 male prisoners, and 2 religious instructors. Data was collected through open interviews and then analyzed. The findings indicate that spiritual ministries significantly impact prisoners. However, prisoners felt that the Church did not provide sufficient support, especially regarding professional religious instructors. Spiritual ministry often consisted of monotonous word ministries, usually without the presence of a priest. Based on the results of this research, the Church needs to be more tangibly present by preparing and accompanying spiritual ministries, assigning priests to serve prisoners, offering job training for released prisoners, providing legal assistance, and educating young people about the effects of drugs and sex.
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Pastoral Psychology, founded in 1950, is one of the most well-established and respected journals in the field of psychology and religion/spirituality. Pastoral Psychology is an international forum that publishes scholarly, peer-reviewed original articles that address varied aspects of religion and spirituality from physical, human science, and interfaith perspectives.
Historically, the word “pastoral” has referred to the care of individuals, families, and communities. Today, we additionally consider “pastoral” in terms of lived experience as it relates to embodiment, the social-political, economic, spiritual, and environmental dimensions of life.
All theoretical perspectives are welcome, as Pastoral Psychology regularly publishes articles from a variety of schools of thought, including, but not limited to, psychoanalytic and other dynamic psychologies, cognitive psychologies, experimental and empirical psychologies, humanistic psychology, transpersonal psychology, and cultural psychology. Insights from existential perspectives, intersectional theories, philosophical and theological theories, gender and queer studies, sociology, anthropology, public mental health, and cultural and empirical studies are welcome. Theoretical contributions that have direct or indirect relevance for practice, broadly construed, are especially desirable, as our intended audience includes not only academics and scholars in religion and science, but also religious and spiritual leaders, as well as caregivers, chaplains, social workers, counselors/therapists, clinical psychologists, psychiatrists, and persons interested in matters of religion/spirituality and psychology.
Pastoral Psychology welcomes scholarship and reflection from all religious and spiritual traditions. In addition to scholarly research papers, the journal welcomes thoughtful essays on a wide range of issues and various genres of writing, including book reviews and film reviews. The community of scholars represented in its pages has demonstrated that the life challenges the journal seeks to address are universally shared, yet also reflect individual social, cultural, and religious locations. The journal, therefore, welcomes submissions from scholars from around the world.
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