College & University Chaplaincy in the 21st Century

College & University Chaplaincy in the 21st Century

Author: Lucy A. Forster-Smith

Publisher: Skylight Paths Publishing

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781594735165

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The first comprehensive resource for chaplains and campus ministers of all faith traditions--a vital resource for ministry in multifaith and secular contexts. Caregiver, educator, trustee of institutional traditions, public religious voice and, occasionally, prophet: in an increasingly multifaith, multicultural, global world, the role of the college or university chaplain has changed. This book examines experiences and perspectives that arise at the intersection of religious practice, distinct campus culture, student counseling and the secular context of the modern academic institution. Contributors who are actively engaged in the work of college chaplaincy--from educational institutions as diverse as Stanford University, Williams College, Jesuit-affiliated Creighton University and Louisiana's historically black Dillard University, and from many faith traditions--explore the practice, theology and joys of campus ministry and the chaplain's calling to support, challenge, stir the imagination of and address this generation's urgent longing for connection and meaning. CONTRIBUTORS: Rabbi Rena S. Blumenthal, Vassar College * Rev. Gail E. Bowman, Dillard University * Rev. Janet M. Cooper Nelson, Brown University * Rev. Dr. Lucy A. Forster-Smith, Macalester College * Rev. Dr. Susan Henry-Crowe, Emory University * Rev. K. P. Hong, Macalester College * Rev. Dr. Charles Lattimore Howard, University of Pennsylvania * Rabbi Patricia Karlin-Neumann, Stanford University * Sharon M. K. Kugler, Yale University * Rev. Dr. Linda J. Morgan-Clement, The College of Wooster * Rev. Dr. J. Diane Mowrey, Queens University of Charlotte * Fr. Roc O'Connor, SJ, Creighton University * Rev. Ian B. Oliver,Yale University * Fr. Daniel Reim, SJ, University of Michigan--Ann Arbor * Rev. Dr. Paul H. W. Rohde, Augustana College * Rev. Deanna L. Shorb, Grinnell College * Rev. Dr. Richard E. Spalding, Williams College * Rev. Dr. Samuel H. Speers, Vassar College * Sohaib N. Sultan, Princeton University


College Chaplain:

College Chaplain:

Author: Stephen L. White

Publisher: The Pilgrim Press

Published: 2005-09-01

Total Pages: 221

ISBN-13: 0829821066

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"The College Chaplain" is a practical “nuts and bolts” guide to the everyday details of campus ministry. White has organized the book around the key roles and functions of a campus chaplain, as pastor, priest, rabbi, prophet, steward, herald, missionary, or pilgrim. The book provides many useful tips and suggestions for new and experienced campus ministers, including best practices and honest struggles from the author’s experience.


Guiding Light (The Vital Role and Responsibilities of the University Chaplain)

Guiding Light (The Vital Role and Responsibilities of the University Chaplain)

Author: Yohanes Bambang Mulyono

Publisher: Cendekia Publisher

Published: 2024-09-12

Total Pages: 213

ISBN-13: 6238757000

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The book examines the evolving role of university chaplains as key figures on campus, highlighting their diverse responsibilities as spiritual guides, educators, and facilitators of interfaith dialogue. It explores how chaplains, in collaboration with campus ministries and faculty, create inclusive spaces for spiritual growth, helping students navigate disorientation and belonging issues. The book offers a dual perspective: the first section celebrates the significant contributions of chaplains to campus life, while the latter addresses the challenges of their expanding roles. It also discusses chaplains’ involvement in crisis management, ethical leadership, and adapting to digital platforms. By engaging with chaplaincy networks, the book emphasizes the chaplains’ role in nurturing empathy, well-being, and interfaith understanding. Ultimately, it underscores their importance in shaping the campus experience and fostering personal growth.


Hindu Approaches to Spiritual Care

Hindu Approaches to Spiritual Care

Author: Lucinda Mosher

Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers

Published: 2019-10-21

Total Pages: 306

ISBN-13: 1785926063

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Showing how spiritual care is practiced in a variety of different contexts such as healthcare, detention and higher education, as well as settings that may not have formal chaplaincy arrangements, this book offers an original and unique resource for Hindu chaplains to understand and practice spiritual care in a way that is authentic to their own tradition and that meets the needs of Hindus. It offers a Hindu perspective for all chaplains to inform their caregiving to Hindus. The book explores the theological and metaphysical roots of Hindu chaplaincy and puts forward the case for Hindu chaplaincy as a valuable spiritual practice. It covers the issues that arise in specific locations, such as college, healthcare, prison, military and the corporate sector. Chapters also examine Hindu pastoral care offered in other, 'non-chaplaincy' settings, such as LGBT centres, social justice work and environmental activism. Made up of some 30 essays by chaplains, scholars and other important voices in the field, Hindu Approaches to Spiritual Care provides spiritual caregivers with a comprehensive theoretical and practical approach to the relationship of Hinduism and chaplaincy.


Good Without God

Good Without God

Author: Greg Epstein

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2010-10-26

Total Pages: 274

ISBN-13: 006167012X

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An inspiring and provocative exploration of an alternative to traditional religion Questions about the role of God and religion in today's world have never been more relevant or felt more powerfully. Many of us are searching for a place where we can find not only facts and scientific reason but also hope and moral courage. For some, answers are found in the divine. For others, including the New Atheists, religion is an "enemy." But in Good Without God, Greg Epstein presents another, more balanced and inclusive response: Humanism. He highlights humanity's potential for goodness and the ways in which Humanists lead lives of purpose and compassion. Humanism can offer the sense of community we want and often need in good times and bad—and it teaches us that we can lead good and moral lives without the supernatural, without higher powers . . . without God.


A Little Handbook for Preachers

A Little Handbook for Preachers

Author: Mary S. Hulst

Publisher: InterVarsity Press

Published: 2016-03-17

Total Pages: 210

ISBN-13: 0830841288

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No function of the pastor is as visible and stress inducing as preaching. But few pastors feel adequately prepared for this high-stakes responsibility when they begin their ministries. Forged by her experiences as a pastor, preaching professor and college chaplain, Mary Hulst provides practical tips for all pastors, whether ministry newcomers or seasoned professionals.


Chaplains In Gray: The Confederate Chaplain’s Story

Chaplains In Gray: The Confederate Chaplain’s Story

Author: Charles Frank Pitts

Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing

Published: 2015-11-06

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13: 1786255936

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ONE of the oddities of history is that men of peace have never been known to stay out of a fight! There yet remains to be told the story of the chaplains to the men in gray who fought through the bitter years of 1861-1865. Men of war, they stood for him who is called the Prince of peace. In considering the chaplains in the Army of the Confederate States, we are brought face to face with the most amazing display of spiritual power ever witnessed among fighting men on the American continent. We are made aware of the effectiveness of their unique approach to the religious needs of men in uniform. We find tangible proof of the tremendous contribution which religious faith makes to military efficiency. We see the startling results of close co-operation between officers of the line and their spiritual leaders. In the ranks of the Southern armies there appeared a spiritual hunger that could only be assuaged by the uncompromised preaching of the cross. In the valley of the shadow, men of God, loyal to their native states, by precept and example wrote their names among Dixie’s men of valor. These chaplains have a message peculiarly fitted for us today—a message of optimism and encouragement.