A Handbook of Chaplaincy Studies Understanding Spiritual Care in Public Places |
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| Author:
| Swift, Christopher
Cobb, Mark
Todd, Andrew |
| Series title: | Ashgate Contemporary Ecclesiology Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4724-3408-1 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2015 |
| Publisher: | Ashgate Publishing Company
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| Book Format: | Digital |
| List Price: | USD $119.95 |
Book Description:
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An invaluable compendium of case-studies, academic reflection and critical enquiry, this Handbook offers a fresh understanding of traditional, contemporary and innovative forms of spiritual practice as they are witnessed in the public sphere. Providing a wide-ranging appraisal of chaplaincy in an era of religious complexity and emergent spiritualities, this pioneering book is a major contribution to a relatively underdeveloped field and sets out how the phenomenon of chaplaincy can be...
More DescriptionAn invaluable compendium of case-studies, academic reflection and critical enquiry, this Handbook offers a fresh understanding of traditional, contemporary and innovative forms of spiritual practice as they are witnessed in the public sphere. Providing a wide-ranging appraisal of chaplaincy in an era of religious complexity and emergent spiritualities, this pioneering book is a major contribution to a relatively underdeveloped field and sets out how the phenomenon of chaplaincy can be better understood and its practice more robust and informed.