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Chaplaincy Models and Methods
Summer 2013
This course will provide an orientation to the role of the chaplain and methods suitable to the contexts in which chaplains characteristically serve including: schools, colleges, and universities, prisons, health care facilities, fire and police departments, and the military. Students will be introduced to the 29 competencies expected of board-certified chaplains (and valuable to all chaplains) and practical information for service in spiritually and culturally diverse contexts.
Three hours of online independent work prior to the seminar
Monday, June 3 – Thursday, June 6, 8:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Friday, June 7, 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon
Downloads:
Books:
Required Reading
**NDIN Disaster Spiritual Care Handbook ($50.00; to be purchased directly from NDIN at the seminar)**
Bueckert, Leah Dawn and Daniel S. Schipani. You Welcomed Me: Interfaith Spiritual Care in the Hospital. Pandora Press, 2010.
Cadge, Wendy. Paging God: Religion in the Halls of Medicine. University of Chicago Press, 2013.
Giles, Cheryl A. and Willa B. Miller, editors. The Arts of Contemplative Care: Pioneering Voices in Buddhist Chaplaincy and Pastoral Work. Wisdom Publications, 2012.
Roberts, Stephen B. ed. Professional Spiritual & Pastoral Care: A Practical Clergy and Chaplain’s Handbook. Skylight Paths, 2012.
Schipani, Daniel S. editor. Multifaith Views in Spiritual Care. Pandora Press, 2013.
Short items to be announced.
Recommended Reading
Anderson, Robert G. and Mary A. Fukuyama. Ministry in the Spiritual and Cultural Diversity of Healthcare: Increasing the Competency of Chaplains. Haworth Pastoral Press, 2004.
Cooper-White, Pamela. Shared Wisdom: Use of the Self in Pastoral Care and Counseling, Augsburg Fortress Press, Minneapolis, MN 2004
Cutter, William. ed. Healing and the Jewish Imagination: Spiritual and Practical Perspectives on Judaism and Health, Jewish Lights Publishing, Woodstock, VT, 2007
Fitchett, George. Assessing Spiritual Needs: A Guide for Caregivers. Academic Renewal Press, 2002.
Friedman, Dayle A. Jewish Visions for Aging: A Professional Guide for Fostering Wholeness, Jewish Lights Publishing, Woodstock, VT 2008
Friedman, Dayle A., ed. Jewish Pastoral Care: A Practical Handbook from Traditional and Contemporary Sources, 2nd Edition, Jewish Lights Publishing, Woodstock, VT 2005
Graves, Joel Curtis. Leadership Paradigms in Chaplaincy. dissertation.com, 2007.
Jacobs, Martha R. Clergy Guide to End-of-Life Issues. Pilgrim Press, 2010.
Matlins, Stuart M., ed. The Perfect Stranger’s Guide to Funerals and Grieving Practices: A Guide to Etiquette in Other People’s Religious Ceremonies. Woodstock, VT: Skylight Paths Publishing, 2000.
Mosher, Lucinda. Faith in the Neighborhood: Loss. New York: Seabury Books, 2007.
Patton, John H. From Ministry to Theology: Pastoral Action and Reflection. Wipf & Stock, 2009. 10 March 2013
Roberts, Stephen. B. and Willard Ashley. Disaster Spiritual Care: Practical Clergy Responses to Community, Regional and National Tragedy. SkyLight Paths, 2008.
Rundle, Anne Knights, et al., eds. Honoring Patient Preferences: A Guide to Complying With Multicultural Patient Requirements. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1999.
Tuell, Ra’ufa Sherry. Islamic Approaches to Patient Care: Muslim Beliefs and Healthcare Practices for Caregivers. Amana Publications. 2010.
Wimberly, Edward P. Recalling Our Own Stories: Spiritual Renewal for Religious Caregivers. Jossey-Bass, 1997