Worldview Foundations of Spirituality in Health Care

Question: Discuss the various meanings of "spirituality" and their relevance in the context of managed care including sociological and philosophical perspectives. Consider the religious and cultural context of modern health care and medicine (i.e., pluralism, scientism, and postmodernism), and address the seven basic worldview questions. Be sure to address the following questions: What is prime reality? What is the nature of the world around us? What is a human being? What happens to a person at death? Why is it possible to know anything at all? How do we know what is right or wrong? What is the meaning of human history? Answer: Personal Worldview The study of worldview has suggested that worldview can be described as a commitment or the basic orientation of the heart if an individual which can be demonstrated as a story or a set of presuppositions which is either consciously or unconsciously held by the individuals in a consistent or inconsistent manner regarding the principle constitution of reality. Additionally, it has been stated that worldview helps in providing a foundation in which the human being lives as well as moves and it ultimately assists us to have our being (Sire, 2004). Moreover, it can be put it another way as worldview is a set of assumptions which can be completely true, completely false or partially true which is held by human being either consciously or unconsciously regarding the basic perspective of the world. Hence, it can be stated that world view is a set of beliefs which is held to be true and live by the individuals. It is a glass which is put on by the human being and he sees the world through th at glass to explore his own version of reality (Sire, 2004). According to Dr. Norman Geisler, the main idea of worldview is it is just like a colored glass and it colors the things people look at. Basically, it develops a perspective through a grid which helps in viewing everything of life. It has significant role in formation of the personal values, thoughts, ideas as well as decisions. However, it has been observed most of the people is unaware of their personal worldview. There are ten categories such as philosophy, theology, psychology, ethics, politics, economics, law, history and biology which significantly contributes in understanding the personal worldview (Phillips Brown, 2008). There are major seven aspects which help in addressing the worldview of a human being. First of all, the major question is my perspective regarding prime reality. I do agree with the Christian Theism and Theistic Existentialism. I feel that prime reality is infinite and personal God is revealed through the Holy Scriptures. God is omnipotent, immanent, triune, sovereign and good for the mankind. Second important question regarding the worldview is what the nature of world around us is. I feel that the external reality is the cosmos which is creation of God. He has created it for operating with a uniformity of cause as well as effect within an open system. This worldview coincides with the Christian Theism. Third important aspect of worldview is answering the question what is human being (Naugle, 2002). The Christian Theism is completely supported by my understanding of human being. Human being is created by God and it is crated in the image of God. Thus, the human being possesses mora lity, creativity, intelligence, self-transcendence, personality and gregariousness. Additionally, the concept of theistic existentialism is considered where it is stated that human beings are personal and at the level of full consciousness, the human beings find themselves in an alien universe. Another important aspect of worldview is regarding the idea of death. According to the Christian Theism, for each and everybody death is considered to be either the gateway of life with the God and his people or the eternal gateway for separation from the thing which will help in the fulfillment of the human aspirations. Additionally, it has been observed that theistic existentialism also aligns with the view of Christian Theism. Another important aspect of worldview asks the question why it is possible to know anything at all (Phillips Brown, 2008). My worldview completely converges with the ideas of Christian Theism that human beings can know the world around them and the God himself as th e God has developed into them the capability of doing that. Additionally, it has been stated that the God takes play an active role for interacting with the human being. It is an important decision to determine what is right and what is wrong. I believe that ethics is transcendent (Naugle, 2002). Additionally, it is based on the character of God as loving and holy. Personal is considered to be one of the most valuable aspects. According to theistic existentialism, knowledge is subjectivity and the entire truth is often found to be paradoxical. Worldview regarding human history is found to be linear and it is considered to be meaningful series of events which lead to the achievement of the purpose of God for humanity (Phillips Brown, 2008). It can be understood that worldviews are fundamental and it assists in providing the foundation of the moral values as well as direct the actions. References Naugle, D. (2002).Worldview. Grand Rapids, Mich.: W.B. Eerdmans Pub. Phillips, W., Brown, W. (2008).Making sense of your world(2nd ed.). 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