RT Article
T1 The Impact of Faith-Based Pastoral Care in Decreasingly Religious Contexts: The Australian Chaplaincy Advantage in Critical Environments
JF Journal of religion and health
VO 62
IS 3
SP 1491
OP 1512
A1 Layson, Mark D.
A1 Carey, Lindsay. B.
A1 Best, Megan
A2 Carey, Lindsay. B.
A2 Best, Megan
LA English
YR 2023
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1847046916
AB This article considers the contribution of faith-based chaplains who provide holistic pastoral and spiritual care within critical environments such as the military, first responders, and hospitals. The contribution of faith-based chaplains can sometimes be taken for granted or not properly understood, particularly in some Western countries which are currently experiencing a decline in religiosity. Following on from a previous paper regarding chaplaincy utilization (Layson et al. 2022), this article presents an alternative argument to the secularist-humanist perspective by noting five ways by which the faith based chaplaincy model provides best practice service and builds a capability advantage for organizations that engage faith-based chaplaincy services. The first section discusses faith-based chaplaincy and organizational holistic care; the second section considers the role of faith-based chaplains—much of which is largely unknown and poorly appreciated; the third section considers the unique capability of faith-based chaplains to provide spiritual and religious care to those of faith and for those of none; the fourth section explores how faith-based chaplains can leverage the positive impact of religious organizations to provide additional low-cost resources for other organizations and their staff; and lastly, the operational advantage of faith-based chaplains on the world stage is considered, particularly in light of culturally and linguistically diverse populations to whom religiosity is increasingly important.
K1 Bio-psycho-social-spiritual
K1 Chaplains
K1 Critical environments
K1 Military
K1 Moral Injury
K1 Pastoral Care
K1 Religion
K1 Secularism
K1 Spiritual Care
DO 10.1007/s10943-023-01791-x