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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817670703321

Autore

Swift Christopher <1965-, >

Titolo

Hospital chaplaincy in the twenty-first century : the crisis of spiritual care on the NHS / / Christopher Swift

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-351-93043-5

1-315-25323-2

1-4724-3023-9

Edizione

[Second edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (222 p.)

Collana

Explorations in practical, pastoral, and empirical theology

Disciplina

259/.4110941

Soggetti

Chaplains, Hospital - Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"An Ashgate Book"--cover.

First published 2014 by Ashgate Publishing.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Illustrations; Foreword to the 1st Edition; Foreword to the 2nd Edition; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; A Moment of Crisis; The Wider Relevance of the Chaplain; The Structure of the Book; Outcomes; 1 A History of the Chaplain; Introduction; Foundation; Reformation; The Reformation of the Chaplain; Conclusion; 2 The Chaplains' Professionalization; Introduction; Voluntary Hospitals; Workhouses; The Founding of the NHS; 'The Hospital - A Place of Truth'; Conclusion; 3 The Political Context; Introduction; Impact on Chaplaincy; Increasing Debate

Professional AssociationsMulti-Faith Development; Conclusions; 4 The Battle of Worcester; Introduction; Setting the Scene; Analysis; The Theos Survey; Conclusion; 5 The Chaplain Today: An Auto-Ethnography; Introduction; Ethnography; Ethnography and the Observation of Faith Communities; Silent Tremors: Exploring the Role of the Chaplain through Auto-Ethnography; Methodology; Construction of the Field; Ethnographic Text 1; Ethnographic Text 2; Ethnographic Text 3; Discourses, the Archive and Genealogy; Power and Contested Boundaries; Concluding Analysis

6 Religion, Secularization and SpiritualityIntroduction; Decline in Religious Observance; A Secular Age; Religious Care; Spiritual Care; Conclusion; 7 Theological Voices and Ventures; Introduction; Practical



Theology; Who are Health Care Chaplains?; What the Chaplain Comes For: Licensing Sermon 1997; Theological Engagement; Heterotopias as a Conceptualization for the Chaplain's Space; Conclusion; 8 Conclusion; Introduction; Chaplaincy in a Time of Change; Critical Choices; The Hidden Dynamics of Health Care Chaplaincy; Occupying Multiple Marginalities; Spiritual Care in a Material World

BibliographyIndex

Sommario/riassunto

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.