Wendy Cadge

Spiritual Care: The Everyday Work of Chaplains

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Produktbeschreibung

Chaplains are America's hidden religious leaders. This book draws on archival research and interviews with more than one hundred chaplains to examine who chaplains are, where they work, and why it matters.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 244
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. November 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780197647813
• ISBN-10: 0197647812
• Artikelnr.: 66276497

Autorenporträt

Wendy Cadge is the Barbara Mandel Professor of Humanistic Social Sciences and Professor of Sociology at Brandeis University. She is the author of two books, Paging God: Religion in the Halls of Medicine and Heartwood: The First Generation of Theravada Buddhism in America, and the founder of the Chaplaincy Innovation Lab.

Inhaltsangabe

* Acknowledgments
* Chapter 1. Introductions
* Chapter 2. Chaplaincy in Greater Boston: A Short Historical Overview
* Chapter 3. Becoming a Chaplain
* Chapter 4. Brokers With(out) Authority? The Improvisational Work of
Chaplains
* Chapter 5. The Value Added of Holding the Space
* Chapter 6. Brokering Deaths: Chaplains as Midwives and Escorts
* Chapter 7. Engaging Religious and Spiritual Differences:
Organizational and Individual
* Chapter 8. Conclusions Can Be Beginnings
* Appendix. Initial Glimpses and Focused Attention A Methodological
Approach at Mid-Life
* References
* Index