Being Diagnosed with HIV as a Trigger for Spiritual Transformation.docVIP

Religions 2011, 2, 398-409; doi:10.3390/rel2030398 OPEN ACCESS religions ISSN 2077-1444 /journal/religions Article Being Diagnosed with HIV as a Trigger for Spiritual Transformation Franz Lutz 1, Heidemarie Kremer 2,* and Gail Ironson 2 1 University of Applied Sciences, Frankfurt, Germany; E-Mail: franzlutz2002@yahoo.de 2 Department of Psychology, University of Miami, 1204 Dickinson Drive, 37 E Coral Gables, FL 33124, USA; E-Mail: GIronson@ * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: H.Kremer@. Received: 12 July 2011; in revised form: 4 August 2011 / Accepted: 19 August