On Being Sent with Style
Reflections on Health Care Chaplaincy
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1558/hscc.v1i2.173Keywords:
Health care chaplaincy, ministry styles, pastoral metaphors, prudent thinkers, transparent practitioners, vulnerable representativesAbstract
This article has been developed from key points in an occasional address delivered by the author at a Dedication Service for healthcare chaplains in Brisbane, Australia. The metaphors of sheep, serpents, and doves mentioned in the focal verse from Matthew 10: 16-23 are explored and some possible pastoral implications are discussed. It is suggested that being sent as vulnerable representatives, prudent thinkers, and transparent practitioners represent complementary elements in a style of offering spiritual and pastoral care with relevance for contemporary healthcare chaplains and other pastoral workers.
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Carey, L. B., and J. Cohen (2008) “Religion, Spirituality and Health Care Treatment Decisions: The Role of Chaplains in the Australian Clinical Context”. Journal of Health Care Chaplaincy 15(1): 25–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08854720802698491
Carey, L., and L. Del Medico (2013) “Chaplaincy and Mental Health Care in Aotearoa, New Zealand: An Exploratory Study”. Journal and Religion and Health 52: 46–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10943-012-9622-9
Dawkins, R. (2006) The Selfish Gene. 30th Anniversary edn. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Forrester, D. B. (2000) Truthful Action: Explorations in Practical Theology. Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark.
Hiatt, L. R. (1975) “Swallowing and Regurgitation in Australian Myth and Rite”. In Australian Aboriginal Mythology, ed. L. R. Hiatt. Carlton, NSW: Excelsis Press.
Jankowski, K. R. B., G. F. Hando and K. J. Flannelly (2011) “Testing the Efficacy of Chaplaincy Care”. Journal of Health Care Chaplaincy 17: 100–125. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08854726.2011.616166
Orton, M. J. (2008) “Transforming Chaplaincy: The Emergence of a Health Care Pastoral Care For a Post Modern World”. Journal of Health Care Chaplaincy 15(2): 114–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08854720903152513
Schnackenburg, R. (2002) The Gospel of Matthew, trans. R. R. Barr. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans.
Stockton, E. (1995) The Aboriginal Gift: Spirituality for a Nation. Alexandria, NSW: Millennium Books.
Stoddart, E. (2011) “Editorial”. Practical Theology 4(2): 147–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1558/prth.v4i2.147
Swinton, J., and H. Mowat (2006) Practical Theology and Qualitative Research. London: SCM Press.
The Rainbow Spirit Elders (2007) Rainbow Spirit Theology: Towards an Australian Aboriginal Theology. Hindmarsh: ATF Press.
WHO (2002) “Pastoral Intervention Codings”. Tabular List of Procedures ICD-10-AM: Australian Classification of Health Interventions (Vol. 3). The International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, (10th rev.), World Health Organization and the National Centre for Classification in Health. Sydney: University of Sydney.
Published
2014-05-27
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How to Cite
Reddicliffe, R. (2014). On Being Sent with Style: Reflections on Health Care Chaplaincy. Health and Social Care Chaplaincy, 1(2), 173-184. https://doi.org/10.1558/hscc.v1i2.173
