Hospital Chaplaincy in the Twenty-first Century

The Crisis of Spiritual Care on the NHS

Christopher Swift (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

222 Seiten

2018 | 2nd edition
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-38079-0 (ISBN)

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The place of religion in public life continues to be a much-debated topic in Western nations. 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. Swift concludes that chaplains must do more to communicate the value of what they bring to the bedside.

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).

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.

Erscheinungsdatum	21.01.2019
Reihe/Serie	Explorations in Practical, Pastoral and Empirical Theology
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	449 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie
	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Pflege ► Ausbildung / Prüfung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-138-38079-2 / 1138380792
ISBN-13	978-1-138-38079-0 / 9781138380790
Zustand	Neuware