Effects of Spiritual Change on the Re-Entry Adjustment of Christian Young Adult Humanitarian Workers

Abstract

Humanitarian work inevitably involves exposure to suffering, stress and trauma. Such exposure has a profound effect on an aid worker’s worldview and spirituality. The aim of this study was to use Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis to do an in-depth analysis of how Christian young adult humanitarian workers in faith-based aid organizations experience such spiritual change and how it affects the re-entry into their faith community. Strategies for pastoral and spiritual care for the workers are provided

Keywords

Faith-based humanitarian IPA post-traumatic spiritual growth re-entry spiritual change

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