Kajian Literatur: Intervensi Religius Islam dan Dampaknya pada Pasien Stroke

Introduction: Stroke becomes the main factor of longterm disability. Changes in physical condition increase the risk of psychological disorders. Indonesian citizen has Islam religion mostly. The study of Islamic religious intervention was few. Religious interventions had been conducted however no review described the Islamic religious interventions and the impacts. This study aimed to describe the intervention of Islamic religious and its impacts among stroke patients. Methods: The research method used scoping review using databases such as Sciendirect, CINAHL, Medline, Taylor & Francis, JSTOR, PubMed, and search engine Google Advance. The criteria for the articles reviewed were articles in English or Indonesian with the SINTA index 1-2, articles published on 2010-2020, articles accessed in full text, method was quasi experiment or randomized control trial, articles were original research. The key words were Islamic spiritual or religious and stroke. Search results obtained five articles that required the inclusion criteria. Results: Review found that memorizing of Al Qur’an, listening Al Qur’an, motivation and prayer, salah prayer and Quranic teaching. Impacts of Islamic spiritual and religious intervention have positive impact in patient’s physiological and psychological such as increased functional communication, independence, improvement of neurological clinical outcome, motoric function, balance, motivation, quality of life, and decreased the anxiety and depression. Conclusion: Islamic spiritual or religious intervention in stroke survivor was the part nursing care that promising improved clinical outcome.

Experiences of the Non-religious in Psychotherapy

This study explores the experiences of non-religious clients in psychotherapy, specifically with regard to unwanted religious interventions. Because individuals who identify as non-religious often experience negative judgments of various kinds, they need a safe and accepting therapeutic environment. In the present study, clients expressed that 36 % of therapists reportedly engaged in either unwanted or unhelpful religious discussion, with 29 % explicitly suggesting a religious intervention for their non-religious clients, such as prayer or attendance at church services. For a small percentage of clients, these suggestions led to premature termination. Implications for professional practice, education, and public policy are suggested.

God Abhors Corruption: Some Thoughts on Acts 5:1-11with special reference to the South African Countercorruption Efforts

Corruption has become a buzz word the world-over today. South Africa is no less affected by it than are other countries. Many counter-corruption measures have been devised from a political perspective with no visible results. This reflection is an attempt to introduce a religious intervention. The article argues that the narrative of Ananias and Sapphira (Acts: 1-11) has all the elements of corruption as we know it today as well as a decisive response to it. Redaction criticism is employed in reading the narrative of Ananias and Sapphira with particular reference to the South African counter-corruption efforts. The reading reveals that God abhors corruption, this being inferred from the ‘double-deaths’ of the corrupt couple. A conclusion is therefore reached that drastic action against perpetrators is imperative and that trustees of state authority who fail to act against corruption and its perpetrators do not deserve to be rewarded with office

The effect of group religious intervention on spiritual health and symptom reduction in patients with depression

Background and aims: Depression is considered a disease which is associated with various complications including suicide and imposes high costs on the health systems. The present study aimed to determine the effectiveness of group religious intervention on spiritual wellbeing and symptom reduction in patients with depression. Methods: In this clinical trial, 72 patients with anxiety were included using convenience sampling technique and then were randomly divided into patients with depression who underwent pharmacotherapy alone (group I) and those who underwent pharmacotherapy and religious intervention (group II). In addition, the religious group II participated in 5 90-minute sessions within three weeks and received the routine drug treatment. Then, a demographic questionnaire, Paloutzian and Ellison’s Spiritual Well-Being scale, and Hamilton Depression scale were completed. Finally, the data were analyzed by the SPSS software, version 18. Results: There was no significant difference between the demographic characteristics of the patients (P>0.05). However, the mean scores of religious and existential aspects of spiritual health, as well as the mean total score of spiritual health after the intervention were significantly higher in group II who received religious intervention compared to group I (P<0.05). Conversely, the mean score of depression significantly decreased in groups I and II after the study (P<0.001). In other words, after intervention, the mean score of depression was significantly lower in group II who received religious intervention compared to the group I (P=0.038). Conclusion: In general, religious intervention, reduced the symptoms of depression in patients in addition to increasing the level of the spiritual health of the patients