A Ministry of Presence: Chaplaincy, Spiritual Care, and the Law - Hardcover

Sullivan, Winnifred Fallers

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0226779750 ISBN 13: 9780226779751

Verlag: University of Chicago Press, 2014

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"One of the most important voices in the contemporary study of law and religion, Sullivan shows how the chaplain has come to occupy a key role in the negotiation of law, politics, and religion in contemporary America. With subtlety and erudition, Sullivan brings her reader to the illuminating realization that the chaplain is a figure that sits at the complicated confluence of church and state, an emblem not only of contemporary constitutionalism, but also of modern economic and political life in the United States." (Benjamin Berger, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University)"

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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. Chaplains' 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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• Verlag: University of Chicago Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0226779750
• ISBN 13: 9780226779751
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 240