“Soul Murder”: Investigating Spiritual Trauma at the Royal Commission

ABSTRACT

During its five-year tenure, the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse established that faith organisations, with inadequate practices of organisational transparency and accountability, hierarchical structures of power, and patriarchal cultures, have poor track records in child protection and high levels of child abuse. Evidence from the Royal Commission hearings identified spiritual trauma as an outcome of child sexual abuse across several religious organisations including the Catholic Church, the Anglican Church, the Salvation Army, the Yeshiva Jewish School in Melbourne and Sydney and the Satyananda Ashram in NSW. The Catholic Church had the highest levels of institutional child sexual assault and was the site of most of the narratives of spiritual suffering. This article examines existing research on spiritual trauma with regard to child sexual abuse, applies a five-point classification model developed by Kenneth Pargament and colleagues for identifying and analysing spiritual damage, and examines the evidence from both survivors and expert witnesses that was heard during relevant public hearings involving the Catholic Church at the Royal Commission. Institutional responses to spiritual injury will be considered and it will be argued that the Catholic Church is a distinctive institution that has produced a powerful culture of spiritual identity and belonging, where the impact of child sexual abuse has resulted in a loss of faith for many survivors, families and communities.     

国家赔偿制度中精神损害赔偿的建立和完善

精神赔偿首先出现在民事法律制度中，但国家侵权行为也会给受害人带来精神痛苦。完善国家赔偿制度中精神损害赔偿，体现了宪法的基本精神。构建赔偿制度要在遵循一定原则下，确立赔偿范围和数额。     

筑牢中华民族共同的精神支柱--关于弘扬和培育民族精神的几点思考

江泽民同志提出要把弘扬和培育民族精神作为文化建设的一个极为重要的任务,纳入国民教育全过程,纳入精神文明建设全过程,使全体人民始终保持昂扬向上的精神状态,有其现实紧迫性。弘扬和培育民族精神,就要高举爱国主义旗帜;就必须倡导“五种精神”;就要强化“精神教育”,激发民族自豪感,提高民族自信心,增强民族凝聚力。     

雷锋精神扎根于群众沃土--纪念"向雷锋同志学习"题词发表40周年

雷锋,已经同党的形象、人民军队的形象和社会主义精神文明的形象紧密地联系在一起,成为当代社会生活中崇高的思想道德楷模.雷锋精神之所以能在我国社会产生长期、广泛而深刻的影响,根本原因就在于它有深厚的群众基础,代表了人民群众的意愿,是社会主义条件下,人民群众对新的思想道德选择的结果.     

社会主义和谐社会的精神气质与社会结构培育

支撑一个社会健康运行的精神气质,必然根植于其民族文化的深厚土壤之中。相较于西方社会经由中产阶层培育完成的社会结构性完善,进而实现的近现代文明的奠基之路,中国恰恰缺乏对民族传统文化和现代社会结构演化的有机复合。如果说,西方希腊的理性传统、罗马的法治精神、优化的社会结构与现代工业文明所带来的社会进化相得益彰,催生了西方社会现代化及其精神气质,那么,中国两千多年的专制集权造成的中间群体的历史性缺失和优秀传统文化现代化发展的困境,急需一个中等收入社会群体的形成和群体素养的提高,将为中国现代化进程中培育健康、高雅的精神气质提供结构性支撑。哈贝马斯的"公共领域"对此提供丰富资源。     

Epidemiological Considerations in the Conceptualization and Utilization of “Prevalence” and “Incidence Rate” in Family Violence Research: A Reply to Brownridge and Halli (1999)

Brownridge and Halli (1999) have argued that the literature on family violence is beset by confusion in the conceptualization and utilization of incidence and prevalence terminology. Although we basically agree with the authors' diagnosis of the field, definitions of prevalence and incidence that they propose as gold standards are sometimes discrepant with established concepts in epidemiology. Drawing on the epidemiologic literature, we present more solidly based and operational definitions of these terms and try to understand the meaning of each measure. The same confusion surrounding use of prevalence and incidence also reigns in child maltreatment research, as revealed in our review of major studies. We address some of the main but often overlooked issues associated with use of epidemiologic measures in an area of social research such as family violence and make some proposals.     

论民族精神的经济价值

本文论述了民族精神的经济价值存在的理论依据和具体体现。从物质与精神的相互转化、经济与文化的相互作用、人的素质与经济发展的相互关系等方面论述了民族精神经济价值存在的理论依据;民族精神的经济价值集中体现在:为经济发展提供价值导向,为经济进步营造良好的社会环境和为经济主体提供精神动力。     

关于学派批评的美学检视

近年来文学批评领域出现的一场学院派批评成败得失的争论,有其复杂多元的思想与时代背景,它是有意义的.但学院派批评尚非严格意义的学派批评,它存在的某些不足与缺陷,从理论美学上加以检视可知,要建设真正的学派批评必须解决好三个重要理论与认识问题.     

民族精神的培育和弘扬与全面建设小康社会

民族精神的培育和弘扬对全面建设小康社会有着重要的价值意义 :民族精神培育的精神力是小康社会综合国力的重要组成部分 ;民族精神的内化整合功能是凝聚力量全面建设小康社会的有力保证 ;民族精神的能动实践效用是推动小康社会经济建设的力量源泉 ;民族精神是实现中华民族伟大复兴和真正腾飞的精神条件。