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A Ministry of Presence : Chaplaincy, Spiritual Care, and the Law / Winnifred Fallers Sullivan.
De Gruyter University of Chicago Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015 Available online
View online- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sullivan, Winnifred Fallers, Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Chaplains--Legal status, laws, etc--United States.
- Chaplains.
- Pastoral counseling--Law and legislation--United States.
- Pastoral counseling.
- Religion and state--United States.
- Religion and state.
- Religion and law--United States.
- Religion and law.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (273 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2014]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Most people in the United States today no longer live their lives under the guidance of local institutionalized religious leadership, such as rabbis, ministers, and priests; rather, liberals and conservatives alike have taken charge of their own religious or spiritual practices. This shift, along with other social and cultural changes, has opened up a perhaps surprising space for chaplains-spiritual professionals who usually work with the endorsement of a religious community but do that work away from its immediate hierarchy, ministering in a secular institution, such as a prison, the military, or an airport, to an ever-changing group of clients of widely varying faiths and beliefs. In A Ministry of Presence, Winnifred Fallers Sullivan explores how chaplaincy works in the United States-and in particular how it sits uneasily at the intersection of law and religion, spiritual care, and government regulation. Responsible for ministering to the wandering souls of the globalized economy, the chaplain works with a clientele often unmarked by a specific religious identity, and does so on behalf of a secular institution, like a hospital. Sullivan's examination of the sometimes heroic but often deeply ambiguous work yields fascinating insights into contemporary spiritual life, the politics of religious freedom, and the never-ending negotiation of religion's place in American institutional life.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction. US Law and Religion Today
- One. Spiritual Governance
- Two. The Chaplain
- Three. Credentialing Chaplains
- Four. Chaplains and the Constitution
- Five. A Ministry of Presence
- Afterword
- Appendix: Armed Forces Chaplains Board Endorsers
- Selected Bibliography
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)
- ISBN:
- 9780226145594
- 022614559X
- OCLC:
- 884016243
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