Helena Hansen

2 papers in the library · 14 citations · publishing 2018-2024

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A scoping review of spirituality in relation to substance use disorders: Psychological, biological, and cultural issues.

Journal of Addictive Diseases 2024 Marc Galanter, William L White, Jag Khalsa et al. 14 citations

Spirituality is a construct encompassing a diversity of strongly held beliefs and pursuits related to life's meaning and purpose. Empirical studies in key domains of spirituality related to substance use disorder (SUD) can be valuable in guiding research, and potentially clinical care. To conduct a scoping review of research on the psychological, biological, and cultural dimensions of...

DOI: 10.1080/10550887.2023.2174785 Full text Addiction Alcoholics anonymous Narcotics anonymous Spirituality +1

The Cosmology of Conversion

April 20, 2018 Helena Hansen

This chapter discusses Pentecostal cosmology, which holds that power is located not in people, but in spirits. In this cosmos, freedom is not human autonomy but liberation from evil spirits, enabling individuals to submit their will to the Holy Spirit. Converts weave a new web of relations with spirits that disrupt their over-determined relations with people and with drugs. Holy Spirit...

DOI: 10.1525/california/9780520298033.003.0002