“我只是想要支持”：审视耶稣基督后期圣徒教会神职人员如何能有效地为性少数和性别少数教友提供牧养关怀。
"I Just Wanted Support": Examining How LDS Clergy May Effectively Minister to Sexual and Gender Minority Congregants.
作者信息
Skidmore Samuel J, Lefevor G Tyler, Perez-Figueroa Adlyn M, Gonzalez Kirsten A
机构信息
Utah State University, Logan, USA.
University of Tennessee Knoxville, Knoxville, USA.
出版信息
Rev Relig Res. 2022;64(4):665-685. doi: 10.1007/s13644-022-00510-4. Epub 2022 Oct 31.
This study explored why members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) who identify as sexual or gender minorities (SGM) speak with clergy regarding their SGM identities, as well as what LDS SGMs find helpful and unhelpful in these conversations. A sample of 25 current or former LDS SGMs participated in semi-structured interviews, which were analyzed using thematic analysis. Participants reported six overarching reasons for talking with clergy, including church procedures, seeking guidance, seeking emotional comfort, seeking repentance, seeking openness, and other people's initiation. Participants reported several ways clergy were helpful, including empathic listening, openness, and affirmative spiritual care. Participants further reported several ways clergy were unhelpful, including punishing, lacking empathic listening, having a limited worldview, and pathologizing. Clergy may benefit from understanding why LDS SGMs are speaking with them, and from utilizing helpful approaches such as empathic listening skills in their ministering efforts.
本研究探讨了自认为是性少数群体或性别少数群体（SGM）的耶稣基督后期圣徒教会（LDS）成员为何就其SGM身份与神职人员交谈，以及LDS的SGM成员在这些对话中认为哪些有帮助、哪些没有帮助。25名现任或前任LDS的SGM成员参与了半结构化访谈，并采用主题分析法进行分析。参与者报告了与神职人员交谈的六个主要原因，包括教会程序、寻求指导、寻求情感安慰、寻求忏悔、寻求坦诚相待以及他人的发起。参与者报告了神职人员提供帮助的几种方式，包括共情倾听、坦诚相待和肯定性的精神关怀。参与者还报告了神职人员没有帮助的几种方式，包括惩罚、缺乏共情倾听、世界观有限以及将问题病态化。神职人员可能会从了解LDS的SGM成员为何与他们交谈中受益，并在其牧灵工作中运用共情倾听技巧等有益方法。
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