Spiritual care : the everyday work of chaplains /

COVID-19 thrust chaplains-especially those in healthcare-into the national spotlight as they cared for patients, family members, and exhausted and traumatized medical staff fighting the pandemic in real time. That spotlight, like COVID-19, was new, but the work of chaplains was not. This book asks w...

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Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Cadge, Wendy
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [2023]
Ausgabe:
First Edition
Zusammenfassung:
COVID-19 thrust chaplains-especially those in healthcare-into the national spotlight as they cared for patients, family members, and exhausted and traumatized medical staff fighting the pandemic in real time. That spotlight, like COVID-19, was new, but the work of chaplains was not. This book asks who chaplains are, what they do across the United States, how that work is connected to the settings where they do it, and how they have responded to and helped shape contemporary shifts in the American religious landscape. The book focuses on Boston as a case study to show how chaplains have been, and remain, an important part of institutional religious ecologies, both locally and nationally. The book engages with scholarly literatures in sociology, religious studies, and organizational studies to contextualize these data. The book encourages scholars, religious leaders, and educators to step back and look around broadly enough so that they can see chaplains and integrate their work into thinking about American religious life. Considering the work of chaplains and keeping it on the radar of scholars and religious leaders may be a source of continuing insights into the future of religious life in the United States.
Umfang:
1 online resource (257 pages)
Anmerkungen:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-764785-5
0-19-764783-9
Schlagworte:
Chaplains.
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