Scribal Abbreviations

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Table of Contents V
3. Words of welcome to the book “Existential Elucidation” 7
4. Scribal Abbreviations
5. Preface 1
6. Keyword: Boundary 5
7. Part A: The philosophy of boundary situations
8. Systematics and unity of Jaspers’ boundary situations 11
9. Karl Jaspers’ conception of boundary situations and its implications for spiritual care 35
10. Boundary situations 49
11. Doubts – curiosity – benefit 61
12. Existential boundaries. Jaspers on the interminable struggle with our finitude 81
13. Part B: Perspectives on application
14. Preferring existential darkness to elucidation? 93
15. Working with death, struggle and guilt 115
16. Jaspers and Bion 137
17. From Karl Jaspers to Irvin D. Yalom and Emmy van Deurzen: 157
18. Part C: Interdisciplinary research
19. Existential communication in post-secular societies among psychologists and chaplains 173
20. Recollected experiences of death as boundary situations 193
21. Echoes of Jaspers’ concept of ‘boundary situation’ in two novels 213
22. Arts informed Research based on spiritual care research interviews. A workshop report 229
23. Index