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A Ministry of Presence - Chaplaincy, Spiritual Care, and the Law (Paperback)
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A Ministry of Presence - Chaplaincy, Spiritual Care, and the Law (Paperback)
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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.
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