Blessings and Cursings: The Liberating Gift of Profanity in Clinical Pastoral Education

Profanity, derived from the Latin for “not sacred,” has long been seen as antithetical to spirituality. Social norms around organized religion, respectability, race, gender, etc. compound this perception. In this article, I examine how the use of profanity in Clinical Pastoral Education can help stu...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published inThe journal of pastoral care & counseling Vol. 74; no. 3; pp. 196 - 202
Main Author Gilmore, Jeremy
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London, England SAGE Publications 01.10.2020
Sage Publications Ltd
Subjects
African Americans - psychology
African Americans - statistics & numerical data
Blessings
Coronavirus Infections - epidemiology
Coronavirus Infections - psychology
COVID-19
Homicide - psychology
Homicide - statistics & numerical data
Humans
Language
Pandemics
Pastoral Care - education
Pneumonia, Viral - epidemiology
Pneumonia, Viral - psychology
Profanity
Race
Racism - psychology
Racism - statistics & numerical data
Religion
Social norms
Spirituality
Unemployment - psychology
Unemployment - statistics & numerical data
United States - epidemiology
United States
liberatory education
profanity
pedagogy, Black Lives Matter, COVID-19
Clinical Pastoral Education
Online AccessGet full text
ISSN1542-3050
2167-776X
2167-776X
DOI10.1177/1542305020942742

Cover

Abstract Profanity, derived from the Latin for “not sacred,” has long been seen as antithetical to spirituality. Social norms around organized religion, respectability, race, gender, etc. compound this perception. In this article, I examine how the use of profanity in Clinical Pastoral Education can help students experience personal, social, and physical freedom. Association of Clinical Pastoral Education outcomes, demographic data, and a student experience provide support for this assertion.
AbstractList Profanity, derived from the Latin for “not sacred,” has long been seen as antithetical to spirituality. Social norms around organized religion, respectability, race, gender, etc. compound this perception. In this article, I examine how the use of profanity in Clinical Pastoral Education can help students experience personal, social, and physical freedom. Association of Clinical Pastoral Education outcomes, demographic data, and a student experience provide support for this assertion.
Profanity, derived from the Latin for "not sacred," has long been seen as antithetical to spirituality. Social norms around organized religion, respectability, race, gender, etc. compound this perception. In this article, I examine how the use of profanity in Clinical Pastoral Education can help students experience personal, social, and physical freedom. Association of Clinical Pastoral Education outcomes, demographic data, and a student experience provide support for this assertion.Profanity, derived from the Latin for "not sacred," has long been seen as antithetical to spirituality. Social norms around organized religion, respectability, race, gender, etc. compound this perception. In this article, I examine how the use of profanity in Clinical Pastoral Education can help students experience personal, social, and physical freedom. Association of Clinical Pastoral Education outcomes, demographic data, and a student experience provide support for this assertion.
Author Gilmore, Jeremy
Author_xml – sequence: 1
  givenname: Jeremy
  orcidid: 0000-0001-8796-6622
  surname: Gilmore
  fullname: Gilmore, Jeremy
  email: jegilmore@wakemed.org
  organization: North Carolina State University, USA
BackLink https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32967549$$D View this record in MEDLINE/PubMed
BookMark eNp10U1PwyAYB3BiNO5F754MiRcvVaAUijdt5jRZ4g4zemsopZOlgwntYd_ezk5Nlnji5fn9gfCMwLF1VgNwgdENxpzf4oSSGCWIIEEJp-QIDAlmPOKcvR-D4a4c7eoDMAphhRARCLFTMIiJYDyhYgjeHmodgrHLAKUtYdb678UdXHxoODOF9rLpNuDUVA10FZx7V0lrmi00Fma1sUbJGs5laJzvJpOyVV3A2TNwUsk66PP9OAavj5NF9hTNXqbP2f0sUjFOm4inMSl1UehEMKQqXXGkGaK8QAxLyhFPBWZJmmBSxgILJQnWuCjKoqJKYYHiMbjuz91499nq0ORrE5Sua2m1a0NOKE0EJwlNO3p1QFeu9bZ7Xa8IEzHv1OVetcVal_nGm7X02_znyzqAeqC8C8Hr6pdglO-6kh92pYtEfSTIpf679V__BVRmiTc
Cites_doi 10.1177/1542305018754795
10.1002/scin.5591760310
10.1016/j.jpain.2011.09.004
10.4324/9780203720776
ContentType Journal Article
Copyright The Author(s) 2020
Copyright_xml – notice: The Author(s) 2020
DBID AAYXX
CITATION
CGR
CUY
CVF
ECM
EIF
NPM
7QJ
7X8
DOI 10.1177/1542305020942742
DatabaseName CrossRef
Medline
MEDLINE
MEDLINE (Ovid)
MEDLINE
MEDLINE
PubMed
Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts (ASSIA)
MEDLINE - Academic
DatabaseTitle CrossRef
MEDLINE
Medline Complete
MEDLINE with Full Text
PubMed
MEDLINE (Ovid)
Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts (ASSIA)
MEDLINE - Academic
DatabaseTitleList CrossRef
MEDLINE
MEDLINE - Academic

Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts (ASSIA)
Database_xml – sequence: 1
  dbid: NPM
  name: PubMed
  url: https://proxy.k.utb.cz/login?url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=PubMed
  sourceTypes: Index Database
– sequence: 2
  dbid: EIF
  name: MEDLINE
  url: https://proxy.k.utb.cz/login?url=https://www.webofscience.com/wos/medline/basic-search
  sourceTypes: Index Database
DeliveryMethod fulltext_linktorsrc
Discipline Religion
EISSN 2167-776X
EndPage 202
ExternalDocumentID 32967549
10_1177_1542305020942742
10.1177_1542305020942742
Genre Journal Article
Personal Narrative
GeographicLocations United States
GeographicLocations_xml – name: United States
GroupedDBID ---
-TM
0R~
3PF
54M
AADIR
AADUE
AAGLT
AAQXI
AARIX
AATAA
ABAWP
ABCCA
ABCJG
ABEIX
ABFXH
ABIDT
ABKRH
ABOWD
ABPNF
ABQNX
ABQPY
ABQXT
ABRHV
ABUJY
ACDXX
ACFUR
ACFZE
ACGFS
ACJER
ACOFE
ACOXC
ACROE
ACSIQ
ACTDY
ACUIR
ADEBD
ADNON
ADRRZ
ADTOS
AEDXQ
AEOBU
AESZF
AEUHG
AEWDL
AEWHI
AEXNY
AFEET
AFFNX
AFKRG
AFMOU
AFQAA
AFUIA
AGDVU
AGKLV
AGNHF
AGNWV
AHDMH
AHWHD
AJUZI
ALMA_UNASSIGNED_HOLDINGS
ARTOV
AUTPY
AYPQM
AZFZN
AZXEI
BDZRT
BGHKT
BMVBW
BPACV
CEADM
DOPDO
DV7
DV8
EAT
EBS
EJD
EXF
F5P
FHBDP
GROUPED_SAGE_PREMIER_JOURNAL_COLLECTION
H13
J8X
O9-
RAT
RLCXB
ROL
SAUOL
SCNPE
SFC
SJN
SSDHQ
UKR
YSQ
ZPLXX
ZPPRI
~32
AAYXX
ACCVC
AJGYC
AMNSR
CITATION
AAMGE
ACTQU
AEUIJ
AIOMO
CGR
CUY
CVF
ECM
EIF
M4V
NPM
7QJ
AAPII
AJHME
AJVBE
7X8
ID FETCH-LOGICAL-c318t-7832debbe5960cfef70e6047b061a4707891658512d3919ca21e1bbdbf4cc1903
ISSN 1542-3050
2167-776X
IngestDate Fri Sep 05 11:38:11 EDT 2025
Wed Aug 13 05:44:36 EDT 2025
Wed Feb 19 02:30:21 EST 2025
Tue Jul 01 05:21:23 EDT 2025
Tue Jun 17 22:45:34 EDT 2025
IsPeerReviewed true
IsScholarly true
Issue 3
Keywords liberatory education
profanity
pedagogy, Black Lives Matter, COVID-19
Clinical Pastoral Education
Language English
LinkModel OpenURL
MergedId FETCHMERGED-LOGICAL-c318t-7832debbe5960cfef70e6047b061a4707891658512d3919ca21e1bbdbf4cc1903
Notes ObjectType-Article-1
SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1
ObjectType-Feature-2
content type line 14
content type line 23
ObjectType-Memoir/Personal Document-3
ORCID 0000-0001-8796-6622
PMID 32967549
PQID 2445926937
PQPubID 2032918
PageCount 7
ParticipantIDs proquest_miscellaneous_2445972548
proquest_journals_2445926937
pubmed_primary_32967549
crossref_primary_10_1177_1542305020942742
sage_journals_10_1177_1542305020942742
ProviderPackageCode CITATION
AAYXX
PublicationCentury 2000
PublicationDate 20201000
2020-10-00
2020-Oct
20201001
PublicationDateYYYYMMDD 2020-10-01
PublicationDate_xml – month: 10
  year: 2020
  text: 20201000
PublicationDecade 2020
PublicationPlace London, England
PublicationPlace_xml – name: London, England
– name: United States
– name: London
PublicationTitle The journal of pastoral care & counseling
PublicationTitleAlternate J Pastoral Care Counsel
PublicationYear 2020
Publisher SAGE Publications
Sage Publications Ltd
Publisher_xml – name: SAGE Publications
– name: Sage Publications Ltd
References Stephens 2009; 12
Gilmore 2018; 72
McCray 2015; 8
bibr13-1542305020942742
Cooper-White P. (bibr2-1542305020942742) 2011
bibr11-1542305020942742
bibr17-1542305020942742
bibr6-1542305020942742
Jung C. G. (bibr10-1542305020942742) 1953
Freire P. (bibr4-1542305020942742) 2000
bibr20-1542305020942742
bibr14-1542305020942742
Hammerschlag C. A. (bibr7-1542305020942742) 1993
McCray Donyelle. (bibr12-1542305020942742) 2015; 8
bibr19-1542305020942742
Higginbotham E. (bibr8-1542305020942742) 1994
Taylor P. (bibr15-1542305020942742) 2016
Yalom I. (bibr16-1542305020942742) 2005
bibr5-1542305020942742
References_xml – volume: 12
  start-page: 1274
  issue: 12
  year: 2009
  end-page: 1281
  article-title: Swearing as a response to pain—effect of daily swearing frequency
  publication-title: The Journal of Pain
– volume: 72
  start-page: 32
  issue: 1
  year: 2018
  end-page: 36
  article-title: Chance encounters: Rap music as a relational and pedagogical resource in clinical pastoral education
  publication-title: Journal of Pastoral Care and Counseling
– volume: 8
  start-page: 62
  year: 2015
  end-page: 72
  article-title: Sweating, spitting, and cursing: Intimations of the sacred.
  publication-title: Practical Matters
– ident: bibr6-1542305020942742
  doi: 10.1177/1542305018754795
– volume-title: Righteous discontent: The women's movement in the Black Baptist Church, 1880–1920
  year: 1994
  ident: bibr8-1542305020942742
– volume-title: The next America: Boomers, millennials, and the looming generational showdown
  year: 2016
  ident: bibr15-1542305020942742
– ident: bibr11-1542305020942742
– ident: bibr13-1542305020942742
– ident: bibr19-1542305020942742
  doi: 10.1002/scin.5591760310
– ident: bibr5-1542305020942742
– volume-title: Two essays on analytical psychology
  year: 1953
  ident: bibr10-1542305020942742
– volume-title: The theft of the spirit: A journey to spiritual healing with Native Americans
  year: 1993
  ident: bibr7-1542305020942742
– volume-title: The theory and practice of group psychotherapy
  year: 2005
  ident: bibr16-1542305020942742
– volume-title: Pedagogy of freedom: Ethics, democracy, and civic courage
  year: 2000
  ident: bibr4-1542305020942742
– ident: bibr14-1542305020942742
  doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2011.09.004
– volume-title: Braided selves: Collected essays on multiplicity, God, and persons
  year: 2011
  ident: bibr2-1542305020942742
– ident: bibr17-1542305020942742
  doi: 10.4324/9780203720776
– volume: 8
  start-page: 62
  year: 2015
  ident: bibr12-1542305020942742
  publication-title: Practical Matters
– ident: bibr20-1542305020942742
SSID ssj0029006
Score 2.1590328
Snippet Profanity, derived from the Latin for “not sacred,” has long been seen as antithetical to spirituality. Social norms around organized religion, respectability,...
Profanity, derived from the Latin for "not sacred," has long been seen as antithetical to spirituality. Social norms around organized religion, respectability,...
SourceID proquest
pubmed
crossref
sage
SourceType Aggregation Database
Index Database
Publisher
StartPage 196
SubjectTerms African Americans - psychology
African Americans - statistics & numerical data
Blessings
Coronavirus Infections - epidemiology
Coronavirus Infections - psychology
COVID-19
Homicide - psychology
Homicide - statistics & numerical data
Humans
Language
Pandemics
Pastoral Care - education
Pneumonia, Viral - epidemiology
Pneumonia, Viral - psychology
Profanity
Race
Racism - psychology
Racism - statistics & numerical data
Religion
Social norms
Spirituality
Unemployment - psychology
Unemployment - statistics & numerical data
United States - epidemiology
Title Blessings and Cursings: The Liberating Gift of Profanity in Clinical Pastoral Education
URI https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1542305020942742
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32967549
https://www.proquest.com/docview/2445926937
https://www.proquest.com/docview/2445972548
Volume 74
hasFullText 1
inHoldings 1
isFullTextHit
isPrint
link http://utb.summon.serialssolutions.com/2.0.0/link/0/eLvHCXMwnV3fa9swED62FMZexn6189YVDcZgD15tWbHR3rrSrhQ6MmhZ9xQkWYKM4pQ2fdlfvztZktOshbYvJlGMZPu-nO58390BfBSmktaVJreNENTCrMqVaPErN7KVqlKFL_Z89KM-OBGHp-PTpYxryi5Z6C_m7415JQ-RKo6hXClL9h6STZPiAH5G-eIRJYzHO8n42xmRWKnvJr3-3u0d_8tIpPBkEOVpzd9nzkf8J6h1qd5Fn-wXkyIniiiSocDwIKk_A5CW6kucx5M9Z4yAY1JaeyLzzM4if_fQXtiQNBHeLaAjGVlqSR0KnqNG6CMn1o9xqpTeNL7_YNKhfaedgJVqSSGWsl7aW7nPrr5BbfvAMa1Gi3F0OSmCPGxRMSy_snMlPmEZipavzvAY1ji6D8UI1nZ-T34eJVdcFr7rarq_IYC9vTrHdYPlPy_kGgPQGyXHz-FZ8CbYTg-NF_DIdi_hSaSZv4JfCSEMEcIiQr4yFCob8MEIH2zuWMIHm3Us4oNFfLCEj9dwsr93vHuQh1YauUGlvcgbVNyt1dqO0WM1zrqmsHUhGo3mnBJU8QndBIoQ87aSpTSKl7bUutVOGIM2Y7UOo27e2TfAylZa4cxY4GTUrVwZpwtVFLasHVdOZ_A5Pq_peV8xZXqbfDLYjA90GpB8OUWDcyx5jXZzBh_Sz6j1KJSlOju_Cuc0HN3tDDZ6QaTFKi7RCxYyg08kmWHi267i7T2u-B08Hf4omzBaXFzZ92iWLvRWwNg_2XCDqQ
linkProvider SAGE Publications
linkToHtml http://utb.summon.serialssolutions.com/2.0.0/link/0/eLvHCXMwnV1LT9wwEB6VRQIuffBqgIKREBKHoDycDeZGUelSdleLtIjHJbIdGyFQtupmD_TXdyYvuiAkxC1RHGfi8djfZL7MAOxwHQpjfe2amHMqYRa6kqd4GmiRChlKr0j23Ou3Oxf811V09V-pr2oEx_tEq0KJisW6sW76TzxCAOBFiHIEpzDjDMweEE5owezR9eC813hbwisKa1J7l254ilG-6GN6T3oBNKdIXsW-c_IJbmqJS7rJ_f4kR2H_Pkvm-K5X-gwfKzTKjsrp8wU-mGwR5mqa8hJcfn8gmmx2O2YyS9lx-WlhfMhwdrGCbCKJNs1-3tmcjSwb4KpO-TQe2V3GqpSjD2wgiYKJBw2bZBkuTn4MjztuVYrB1Wj0uRuj4adGKROhx6OtsbFn2h6PFcIBySljEMJMijAGaSh8oWXgG1-pVFmuNWKOcAVa2SgzX4H5qTDc6ohjZ1TtWmqrPOl5xm_bQFrlwF6tjOR3mXEj8auk5M9HyoGNWltJPcwJApZIBG3EXQ5sN5fRaigUIjMzmlRtYnSODxxYLbXcPCwMBHpRXDiwSxp76vg1Kdbe2nAL5jvDXjfpnvbP1mEhINe94AVuQCv_MzHfEN_karOayf8AvbTr5g
linkToPdf http://utb.summon.serialssolutions.com/2.0.0/link/0/eLvHCXMwnV1ba9swFD60CYS-bN3da7pqMAZ7cOOLHE99S9NmabeWDBbWPhlJlkZYccriPKy_vufYSkIaBqNvNpZlWUeX7_h8_g7AB65jYWyofZNyTinMYl_yHE8jLXIhYxlUYs8Xl93hmJ9fJVeOm0P_wrgenB0SrQpbVC3WNLtvc9txMcYObvuInBNEOoJTqHEbmrhPRUEDmr3r0feLpcclgiq5JpX36YZVnHKjjvV9aQNsrhG9qr1n8LROsDqrJAuJcvL7cF5ig-8eCDo--rV24YlDpaxXD6NnsGWK59Ba0JVfwM_jG6LLFr9mTBY569efGGZHDEcZq0gnkujT7MvElmxq2QhXd9LV-MsmBXPSozdsJImKiQdLVslLGA9Of_SHvkvJ4Guc_KWf4gKQG6VMgp6PtsamgekGPFUICyQn5SCEmxRpjPJYhELLKDShUrmyXGvEHvEraBTTwrwBFubCcKsTjpVR1muprQpkEJiwayNplQefFgbJbmvljSx04uQPe8qD9sJi2aKrMwQuiYi6iL88eL-8jLOHQiKyMNO5K5Oik_zZg9e1pZcPiyOB3hQXHnwkq60q_lcr3v5vwQNojU4G2bezy697sBORB1_RA9vQKP_MzT7CnFK9c4P5HpqG7ls
openUrl ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info%3Aofi%2Fenc%3AUTF-8&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsummon.serialssolutions.com&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Blessings+and+Cursings%3A+The+Liberating+Gift+of+Profanity+in+Clinical+Pastoral+Education&rft.jtitle=The+journal+of+pastoral+care+%26+counseling&rft.au=Gilmore%2C+Jeremy&rft.date=2020-10-01&rft.issn=1542-3050&rft.eissn=2167-776X&rft.volume=74&rft.issue=3&rft.spage=196&rft.epage=202&rft_id=info:doi/10.1177%2F1542305020942742&rft.externalDBID=n%2Fa&rft.externalDocID=10_1177_1542305020942742
thumbnail_l http://covers-cdn.summon.serialssolutions.com/index.aspx?isbn=/lc.gif&issn=1542-3050&client=summon
thumbnail_m http://covers-cdn.summon.serialssolutions.com/index.aspx?isbn=/mc.gif&issn=1542-3050&client=summon
thumbnail_s http://covers-cdn.summon.serialssolutions.com/index.aspx?isbn=/sc.gif&issn=1542-3050&client=summon