The future of chaplaincy in a secularized society: a mixed-methods survey from the Netherlands

Glasner, Tina; Schuhmann, Carmen; Kruizinga, Renske

doi:10.1080/08854726.2022.2040894

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“…Not long ago, openly nonreligious spiritual care providers would have been impossible for many people to imagine, but today, nonreligious chaplains are becoming a part of the spiritual care landscape in the United States. Nonreligious chaplains also work in other countries where nonreligious spiritual care is more established, such as the Netherlands (Glasner et al 2022), and in countries where nonreligious people make up a greater share of the population than they do in the U.S., such as the United Kingdom (Savage 2021). Yet, even in places where nonreligious chaplaincy is more established than it is in the United States, chaplaincy is still assumed to be "an inherently religious profession" (Schuhmann et al 2021, p. 208).…”

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Nonreligious Chaplains and Spiritual Care

Lawton,

Anderson,

Cadge

2023

Religions

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Spiritual care in a religiously plural society necessarily includes care for the nonreligious. However, little is known about the nonreligious people who themselves work to provide spiritual care. Today, spiritual care providers, better known in the United States context as chaplains, come from a wide variety of religious backgrounds, including nonreligious or unaffiliated with religious tradition. While nonreligious chaplains have robust pluralistic skillsets—a professional strength and a benefit to spiritual care work—they nonetheless encounter training and workplace challenges specific to their religious identities. The theoretical framework of Christian normativity could account for these challenges.

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Nonreligious Chaplains and Spiritual Care

Lawton,

Anderson,

Cadge

2023

Religions

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“…The results of the mixed-methods analysis of these data are reported in a separate article. 30 For the purpose of this article, only respondents working in a hospital setting who completed at least one of the open questions in the questionnaire were selected (n=107). The survey consisted of 38 questions total, including demographic, current work situation, self-presentation and interdenominational chaplaincy questions, and 5 open questions about the chaplain’s professional identity.…”

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Enhancing the integration of chaplains within the healthcare team A qualitative analysis of a survey study among healthcare chaplains

Kruizinga

Schuhmann²,

Glasner³

et al. 2023

Integrated Healthcare Journal

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BackgroundSpiritual well-being is considered an important component of health and is increasingly integrated at all levels of healthcare. Delivering good integrated spiritual care requires coordination between different colleagues in which interprofessional collaboration is crucial. However, this interprofessional collaboration is not always self-evident. What spiritual care entails, is often poorly understood by their healthcare colleagues. Developing a shared professional identity is a crucial component of the shift towards professionalisation in chaplaincy.ObjectivesWe aim to answer the following research question: how do healthcare chaplains in the Netherlands describe their work and their professional identity in relation to other healthcare professionals?Design and subjectsAnalysis of open-ended questions of a survey among healthcare chaplains regarding professional self-understanding in the Netherlands.Results107 Dutch chaplains working in a healthcare setting completed the five open-ended questions in the survey. The field of healthcare chaplaincy is changing from an exclusive focus at patients, towards more activities at staff and organisational level such as educating other healthcare professionals and, being involved in ethics and policy making.ConclusionsOur research shows that the professional self-understanding of chaplains entails many leads to foster interprofessional collaboration. At the same time, there are concerns about the professional identity of the chaplain which is not always clear to every healthcare professional. Healthcare teams can benefit from an extensive integration of chaplains in the healthcare team, by including the non-patient-related activities of chaplains, such as staff training, moral deliberation and policy advice.

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“…In this latter approach, the tasks of chaplains are no longer primarily related to representing specific worldviews, but center around providing nondenominational spiritual care to anyone in need of professional guidance and counseling. The professional identity of chaplains has “gradually shifted from a religiosity-based profession to a broader profession providing caring for all existential needs, away from institutional care provision to more individual spiritual support” (Glasner et al, 2023 , p. 132). In a recent scoping review, the following goals of chaplaincy have been identified: promoting worldview vitality and well-being, processing life events, deepening spirituality, exercising freedom of religion, and relational affirmation (Visser et al, 2023 ).…”

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Why Chaplaincy at Asylum Centers is a Good Idea: A Care Ethics Perspective on Spiritual Care for Refugees

Dronkers,

Wojtkowiak,

Smid

2023

J Relig Health

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This article argues in favor of introducing chaplaincy care at asylum centers and develops three arguments for doing so. First, chaplaincy is one way to protect the right to health of refugees and to improve their spiritual well-being. The positive contribution of chaplaincy services to mental health care is increasingly recognized, especially in the domain of PTSD. Second, chaplaincy services support asylum seekers in exercising their freedom of religion while entrusted to state care. Chaplains can create a safe space for asylum seekers to reflect on their spiritual and religious needs, orientation and belonging. Third, chaplains are well positioned to help asylum seekers in rebuilding their life-sustaining web, while at the same time promoting a climate of inclusion and respect in and outside the asylum center.

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The future of chaplaincy in a secularized society: a mixed-methods survey from the Netherlands

Cited by 11 publications

References 16 publications

Nonreligious Chaplains and Spiritual Care

Nonreligious Chaplains and Spiritual Care

Enhancing the integration of chaplains within the healthcare team A qualitative analysis of a survey study among healthcare chaplains

Why Chaplaincy at Asylum Centers is a Good Idea: A Care Ethics Perspective on Spiritual Care for Refugees

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