Year: 2023
Type: article
Abstract: Spiritual care in a religiously plural society necessarily includes care for the nonreligious. However, little is known about the nonreligious people who themselves work to provide spiritual care. Today, spiritual care providers, better known in the United States context as chaplains, come from a wide variety of religious backgrounds, including nonreligious or unaffiliated with religious tradition. While nonreligious chaplains have robust pluralistic skillsets—a professional strength and a benefit to spiritual care work—they nonetheless encounter training and workplace challenges specific to their religious identities. The theoretical framework of Christian normativity could account for these challenges.
Source: Religions
DOI: 10.3390/rel14091166
Authors: Amy Lawton, Adah Anderson, Wendy Cadge
Institution: Brandeis University
Language: English
Subfield: Health
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $1,557
Funder: Fetzer Institute
Award: G971039402
OpenAlex ID: W4386712643