The pain of existing and religion from the perspective of Catholics

Authors

  • Simone Saltareli Universidade de São Paulo; Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto
  • Talita de Cássia Raminelli-da-Silva Universidade de São Paulo; Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto
  • Ana Carolina Ferreira Castanho Universidade de São Paulo; Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto
  • Rodrigo Ramon Falconi-Gomez Universidade Paulista
  • Orlando Carlos Gomes Colhado Universidade Estadual de Maringá; Departamento de Medicina
  • Fátima Aparecida Emm Faleiros-Sousa Universidade de São Paulo; Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/0104-1169.0188.2604

Abstract

Objective: to characterize the understanding of leaders and members of the Catholic religion on pain of existing.Method: 80 Catholics participated in the study. Data collection was carried out using the Religious Content Assessment Tool. The content analysis was carried out and arithmetic mean and standard deviation were calculated.Results: the following categories emerged: length of affiliation, beginning of the religious practice and affiliation changes, responsibility for the actions and relationship with death, description of God, awareness of the existence of profound experiences, possibility of reward, increased faith in proximity to death, religion as an attempt to explain human limitations, relationship between religion and science and religion of the past and present in relation to science. On the instrument, the highest assigning items were: I believe that nature should be respected (9.96±0.19); I believe that all living beings deserve respect (9.70±0.67); make life worth living (9.70±0.78); my life is a transformation process (9.63±1.04) and I respect the diversity of people (9.56±0.91).Conclusion: it was observed associations between the participants' perceptions and religious constructs, highlighting the need to approach the religious phenomenon as part of the human being and potential resource for management and modulation of the pain of existing.

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Published

2015-08-01

Issue

Vol. 23 No. 4 (2015)

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How to Cite

Saltareli, S., Raminelli-da-Silva, T. de C., Castanho, A. C. F., Falconi-Gomez, R. R., Colhado, O. C. G., & Faleiros-Sousa, F. A. E. (2015). The pain of existing and religion from the perspective of Catholics . Revista Latino-Americana De Enfermagem, 23(4), 685-692. https://doi.org/10.1590/0104-1169.0188.2604