Buddhist-Christian Resources for Spiritual Care: A Scoping Review and Projection

Despite the maturing and formalizing of Buddhist-Christian studies as an academic discipline, its practical and pastoral implications are insufficiently addressed. Most of the practical literature to date addresses spiritual care, broadly conceived, within a narrow range of sources and theories. Thi...

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Published in:Buddhist Christian studies
Main Author: Bidwell, Duane R. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: University of Hawaii Press 2023
In: Buddhist Christian studies
Year: 2023, Volume: 43, Pages: 253-260
Further subjects:B Chaplaincy
B Spiritual care
B Buddhist Christian
B Interreligious
B complex religious bonds
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Summary:Despite the maturing and formalizing of Buddhist-Christian studies as an academic discipline, its practical and pastoral implications are insufficiently addressed. Most of the practical literature to date addresses spiritual care, broadly conceived, within a narrow range of sources and theories. This scoping study identifies three primary resources offered to providers of spiritual care by scholars of Buddhist-Christian studies: an expanded theoretical base for assessment and interpretation, practices for caregiver formation and cultivation, and guidance for care with spiritually fluid people. Scholars of Buddhist-Christian studies could make at least four additional contributions to chaplaincy and spiritual care: a revised telos of care, attention to care as a site of spiritual practice, criteria for salutogenic spiritualities, and refined practices for interreligious and postcolonializing care. These potential contributions require the discipline to carefully consider methodological issues and broaden its range of sources.
ISSN:1527-9472
Contains:Enthalten in: Buddhist Christian studies