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Does the scientific process belong in pastoral counseling?
Professional Chaplaincy and Clinical Pastoral Education Should Become More Scientific: Yes and No examines the widespread ambivalence among pastoral caregivers and educators over the growing inclusion of science in pastoral care and counseling methodologies. Twenty-three seasoned professionals in the field give candid and sometimes emotional accounts of their interest in--and reservations about--the role scientific research plays in their profession. Some authors look at the issue from a historical perspective; others voice additional concerns. A few make concrete proposals on how chaplaincy can become more scientific. The result is a unique insight into the relationship between the secular and the religious.
The question of whether science belongs in pastoral care and counseling is moot; pastoral care already makes extensive use of psychological testing and psychotherapeutic skills--all products of scientific thinking. But as technology becomes more dominant and health care delivery reflects a more corporate perspective, pastoral caregivers and educators are divided on whether the changes represent the significant opportunity to improve a ministry or the surrender of the ministry's very essence. The essays collected in Professional Chaplaincy and Clinical Pastoral Education Should Become More Scientific: Yes and No go a step farther, breaking down the issue of faith versus science into more specific questions for pastoral caregivers, such as: Can what you do be measured? Do you have an obligation to embrace the challenge of change? Is becoming more scientific a necessity for staying in touch with your health care peers? How cost effective is the pastoral care you provide if it doesn't include the scientific process? Could a reluctance to incorporate science into your counseling cost you your job? Professional Chaplaincy and Clinical Pastoral Education Should Become More Scientific: Yes and No presents thoughtful and thought-provoking debate that is a must-read for all pastoral caregivers and educators.
| Preface: What Has Jerusalem to Do with Athens? What Has Pastoral Care to Do with Science? | |
| Chaplain No: Should Clinical Pastoral Education and Professional Chaplaincy Become More Scientific in Response to Health Care Reform? | |
| Chaplain Yes: Should Clinical Pastoral Education and Professional Chaplaincy Become More Scientific in Response to Health Care Reform? | |
| Should Clinical Pastoral Education and Professional Chaplaincy Become More Scientific? | |
| It's a Matter of Salt | p. 1 |
| Spirituality and Data: The Need for a New Paradigm | p. 11 |
| To Be, Or Not To Be More Scientific? That Is the Question: Yes, Absolutely, But ... | p. 19 |
| Chaplains and Science | p. 29 |
| Chaplaincy Is Becoming More "Scientific." What's the Problem? | p. 43 |
| Clinical Pastoral Education and the Value of Empirical Research: Examples from Australian and New Zealand Datum | p. 53 |
| Health Care Chaplaincy as a Research-Informed Profession: How We Get There | p. 67 |
| Science and Ministry: Confusion and Reality | p. 73 |
| Siblings or Foes: What Now in Spiritual Care Research? | p. 81 |
| Research or Perish? | p. 91 |
| Ministry for the Good of the Whole | p. 99 |
| Chaplain Yes and Chaplain No: Both Are Correct; Neither Is True | p. 103 |
| Language and Tools for Professional Accountability | p. 113 |
| Four Fatal Flaws in Recent Spirituality Research | p. 125 |
| In the World but Not of the World: Going Beyond a Dilemma | p. 131 |
| At the Poles Eventually All You Get Is Cold | p. 143 |
| But What Are We Trying to Prove? | p. 151 |
| She Said, "Some Patient Needs Get Dropped Due to More Pressing Issues" | p. 165 |
| Respecting the Dual Sided Identity of Clinical Pastoral Education and Professional Chaplaincy: The Phenomenological Research Model | p. 171 |
| The Search for Truth: The Case for Evidence Based Chaplaincy | p. 185 |
| Health Care Reform: Opportunities for Professional Chaplains to Build Intentional Communities of Learners by Integrating Faith, Science, Quality, and Systems Thinking | p. 195 |
| The Chaplain as the Complete Philosopher | p. 213 |
| Rediscovering Mystery and Wonder: Toward a Narrative-Based Perspective on Chaplaincy | p. 223 |
| Attention to the Scientific Benefits of Pastoral Care Is a Blessing and a Curse | p. 237 |
| Index | p. 245 |
| Table of Contents provided by Blackwell. All Rights Reserved. |
ISBN: 9780789022370
ISBN-10: 0789022370
Series: Monograph Published Simultaneously As the Journal of Health Care Chaplaincy, Vol. 12, Nos. 1/2 and Vol. 13, No. 1 Ser.
Audience:
General
Format:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Number Of Pages: 256
Published: 12th December 2003
Dimensions (cm): 22.9 x 15.9
x 2.5
Weight (kg): 0.021
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