Poverty and prayer: Spiritual narratives of elderly African-American women
Poverty and prayer: Spiritual narratives of elderly African-American women
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DOI：
10.2307/3512122
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发表时间：
1999-06-01
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1.5
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Black, HK
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Black, HK
五十名生活贫困的老年非洲裔美国妇女接受了一项名为“慢性贫困与晚年自我”的研究项目的采访。本文通过对 50 名受访者进行的四个说明性案例研究，探讨了女性对上帝的信仰，以此作为应对困难和增强自尊的方法。女性的叙述中出现了以下两个主题：1）互惠和2）对上帝的熟悉。也就是说，妇女们相信她们享有与上帝的伙伴关系，上帝在今生和来世都会以波罗卡尔的祝福来回应她们的信仰。妇女们祈祷的对话和祈求性质表明她们对上帝的熟悉。上帝被视为一位私人朋友，他非常了解每个女人并特别关心她。在女性的叙述中，互惠和对上帝的熟悉可以使人从绝望中解脱出来，因为她们相信她们的苦难是神圣计划的一部分，最终会在今生和来世带来回报。
Fifty elderly African-American women living in poverty were interviewed for a research project entitled, "Chronic Poverty and the Self in Later Life." Using four illustrative case studies from the 50 respondents, this paper explores the women's faith in God as a method of coping with hardship and enhancing self-esteem. The following two themes emerged in the women's narratives: 1) reciprocity and 2) familiarity with God. That is, the women believe they enjoy a partnership with God in which God responds to their faith with porocal blessings, both in this life and the next. The conversation and petitionary nature of the women's prayers demonstrate their familiarity with God. God is regarded as a personal friend who knows each woman intimately and cares for her particularly. In the women's narratives, reciprocity and familiarity with God effect a releases from despair because they believe that their hardship is part of a divine plan that will eventuate in rewards both in this life and the next.