Description
Book SynopsisChaplaincy has emerged as a highly significant form of ministry in the twenty-first century, and chaplaincy studies is growing as a field of study that learns from the experience and work of chaplains in their diverse sectors. Chaplains from a range of different faith traditions pioneer ministry within the secular yet religiously plural contexts of contemporary life with often considerable creativity and skill, generating a wealth of insight to be gleaned for understanding the place of faith in the modern world. One of the disciplines that has been most concerned with gleaning those insights and developing the field of chaplaincy studies is practical theology.
The journal Practical Theology (formerly Contact) is a key repository for much of the wisdom gained through such study, and this book draws on the archive of the journal to trace the development of chaplaincy research and provide a resource for those seeking to join the conversation about the nature and si
Table of Contents
Introduction – Chaplaincy: A Pioneering Practice and an Emerging Field of Study 1. Historical Perspectives: Insights from the Contact Archive 2. University Chaplaincy: A Question of Identity and Relevance 3. How should Health Care Chaplaincy Negotiate its Professional Identity? 4. Distinctive Call, Distinctive Profile: The Psychological Type Profile of Church of England Full-time Hospital Chaplains 5. Chaplain as "Hopeful Presence": Working with Dying People 6. Living Church in the World Chaplaincy and the Mission of the Church 7. Values-based Reflective Practice: A Method Developed in Scotland for Spiritual Care Practitioners 8. Preventing the "Neutral" Chaplain? The Potential Impact of Anti-"Extremism" Policy on Prison Chaplaincy 9. Spirituality, Christmas and Cyalume Sticks: The Pastoral-Liturgical Identity of a Navy Chaplain 10. Does University Christian Chaplaincy Need a Theology? 11. Healthcare Chaplains Among the Virtues? 12. Sport, Chaplaincy and Holistic Support: The Elite Player Performance Plan (EPPP) in English Professional Football 13. Is ‘Being There’ Enough? Explorations of Incarnational Missiology with Chaplains 14. Stillbirth and Suffering in Ireland: A Theological Reflection from Healthcare Chaplaincy 15. Walking with Turtles and Botanising on Asphalt: Chaplain as flâneur as Public Theologian 16. ‘The shock of the new’: a Theological Reflection on Art, The Incarnation and Doctrine within Contemporary Higher Education Chaplaincy
