Helen Sampson, Nelson Turgo, Wendy Cadge, Sophie Gilliat-Ray

Chaplaincy and Seafarers (eBook, ePUB)

Faith at Work

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A sociological exploration of the faith, work, and lives of port chaplains and the seafarers they minister to. The volume combines ethnographic and qualitative methodologies and draws on archive materials, fieldwork in ports and on cargo ships, and interviews with chaplains in the UK and overseas.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Juli 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780198913283
• Artikelnr.: 72241305

Autorenporträt

Helen Sampson is a Professor at the School of Social Sciences at Cardiff University. She is the Director of the Seafarers International Research Centre. Nelson Turgo is a Research Associate at the Seafarers International Research Centre in the School of Social Sciences at Cardiff University. Wendy Cadge is Barbara Mandel Professor of the Humanistic Social Sciences in the Department of Sociology at Brandeis University. Sophie Gilliat-Ray is Professor of Religious & Theological Studies at Cardiff University, and the Director of the Centre for the Study of Islam in the UK.

Inhaltsangabe

* Introduction
* Part One: Port Chaplaincy Services and the Work of Port Chaplains
* 1: The origins of British port chaplaincy
* 2: The work of contemporary port chaplains
* 3: The motivations and aspirations of port chaplains and volunteers
* Part Two: Seafarers' Faith and Welfare
* 4: The negotiation of differences in faith on board cargo vessels
* 5: The significance of faith and support services for seafarers at
sea
* Part Three: Contextualising Port Chaplaincy
* 6: Port chaplaincy and the wider community
* 7: Practical ecumenical cooperation amongst organizations providing
port chaplaincy
* 8: Port chaplaincy: what makes it distinctive?
* Conclusion