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1 online resource (xx, 252 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
Summary |
Most people in the United States today no longer live their lives under the guidance of local institutionalized religious leadership, such as rabbis, ministers, and priests; rather, liberals and conservatives alike have taken charge of their own religious or spiritual practices. This shift, along with other social and cultural changes, has opened up a perhaps surprising space for chaplains-spiritual professionals who usually work with the endorsement of a religious community but do that work away from its immediate hierarchy, ministering in a secular institution, such as a prison, the mil. |
Contents |
Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: US Law and Religion Today; 1. Spiritual Governance; 2. The Chaplain; 3. Credentialing Chaplains; 4. Chaplains and the Constitution; 5. A Ministry of Presence; Afterword; Appendix: Armed Forces Chaplains Board Endorsers; Selected Bibliography; Index. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-233) and index. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Chaplains -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States.
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Chaplains. |
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United States. |
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Pastoral counseling -- Law and legislation -- United States.
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Pastoral counseling -- Law and legislation. |
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Religion and state -- United States.
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Religion and state. |
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Religion and law -- United States.
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Religion and law. |
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Electronic books.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Sullivan, Winnifred Fallers, 1950- Ministry of Presence. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2014 9780226779751 |
ISBN |
9780226145594 (electronic book) |
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022614559X (electronic book) |
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9780226779751 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0226779750 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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