Personal Spiritual Philosophy and Assessment Paper

If completed as a paper, the requirement is fulfilled with 3-5 full, double-spaced, typewritten pages.  

Give a summary of your own spiritual life. 

• Include the type of spirituality (humanistic, unmoored, etc.) and worldview (Theism, Naturalism, etc.) in which you would categorize yourself based on the Kliewer and Saultz Chapter posted in Week 1  
• Answer the eight basic worldview questions from Chapter 1 of The Universe Next Door (page 8-10)
• Answer the questions from one of the Spiritual History formats from your assigned Spiritual Assessments reading in Week 3 titled “In FACT, Chaplains have a spiritual assessment tool”. 
• Where possible, identify what you hold as fundamental, spiritual truths and why. 
• Make a general assessment as to how your personal worldview and spiritual convictions will impact, assist and/or challenge your career in health care. 
• Include your own cultural background as it relates to health/sickness and personal experience with sickness, disability.

Resources:

1. The Universe Next Door “https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Universe_Next_Door/JRLPDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&printsec=frontcover”