The Chaplaincy Experience: Negotiating (Multi-Faith) Time and Space in a Northern English General Hospital

This article reports on the inception and work of the first multi-faith chaplaincy team in a general hospital outside of London. The problematic beginnings are described as the team, previously run by and based on Anglican Christian ministry expanded to multi-faith care. The importance of the chapel...

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Main Author: Eccles, Janet Betty (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage Publishing 2014
In: Journal of pastoral care & counseling
Year: 2014, Volume: 68, Issue: 3, Pages: 1-12
Further subjects:B secular space
B Sacred Space
B multi-faith collaboration
B hospital chaplaincy
B northern England
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Summary:This article reports on the inception and work of the first multi-faith chaplaincy team in a general hospital outside of London. The problematic beginnings are described as the team, previously run by and based on Anglican Christian ministry expanded to multi-faith care. The importance of the chapel/worship space in such a project diminished and chaplains and volunteer visitors of all faiths and none now minister in more secular spaces throughout the hospital and outside its walls. This is a reflection of their work becoming more interfaith as chaplains ministering to those of different faiths from their own evolved to a more spiritually rather than religiously oriented focus in generating patient-centred care in the context of a changing British culture, now considered simultaneously Christian, religiously plural, and secular.
ISSN:2167-776X
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of pastoral care & counseling
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/154230501406800305