Christopher Swift

Hospital Chaplaincy in the Twenty-First Century

The Crisis of Spiritual Care on the Nhs

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Produktbeschreibung

This book charts the changing role of hospital chaplains and examines through detailed case studies the realities of practice and the political debates which either threaten or sustain the service. This second edition includes a new introduction and updated material throughout to present fresh insights and research about chaplaincy, including in relation to New Atheism and the developing debate about secularism and religion in public life.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• 2nd edition
• Seitenzahl: 222
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. September 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 490g
• ISBN-13: 9781138380790
• ISBN-10: 1138380792
• Artikelnr.: 55104001

Autorenporträt

The Revd Dr Christopher Swift is from the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, UK. He has been a Health Care Chaplain since 1994 and Head of Chaplaincy at Leeds Teaching Hospitals since 2001. He is a Visiting Fellow at the Institute for Spirituality, Religion and Public Life at Leeds Metropolitan University and a past President of the College of Health Care Chaplains (2004-7).

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Foreword to the first edition
Foreword to the second edition
Preface
Introduction
A history of the chaplain
The chaplains' professionalization
The political context
The battle of Worcester
The chaplain today: an auto-ethnography
Religion, secularization and spirituality
Theological voices and ventures
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index.