INTER-FAITH PASTORAL CARE AND THE ROLE OF THE HEALTH CARE CHAPLAIN
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1558/hscc.v11i1.21Keywords:
Inter-faith, pastoral care, chaplain / chaplaincyAbstract
This paper explores the inter-faith pastoral care provided by Australian Christian health care chaplains to patients and their families of non-Christian religions in public hospitals within the culturally diverse western suburbs of Melbourne (Victoria, Australia). Chaplains completed an ‘Inter-Faith and Pastoral Care Questionnaire' followed by an in-depth interview designed to explore the strategies, techniques, knowledge and resources of chaplains ministering to adherents of traditional non-Christian religions. The majority of chaplains were found to have provided pastoral care to people of non-Christian faiths utilizing a variety of pastoral strategies. Differences were noted between Catholic and Protestant chaplains, and between lay and ordained chaplains, particularly concerning their knowledge of non-Christian faiths and their use of resources. It is argued that future chaplaincy personnel need to be better trained in order to maximize the effectiveness of inter-faith pastoral care.
References
ABBOTT, W. M. 1967 The Documents of Vatican II, Geoffrey Chapman, London, pp. 34-35.
AHWCA 1998 / 2004 Health Care Chaplaincy Guidelines, Australian Health & Welfare Chaplains Association, Melbourne.
CAREY. L, B. 1998 The Sacralization of Identity: A Cross-Cultural and Inter-Religious Paradigm for Hospital Chaplaincy. The Journal of Health Care Chaplaincy, England, February, 1998 p.15.
CAREY, L.B., DAVOREN, R., COHEN, J. 2008 The sacralisation of identity: An interfaith spiritual care paradigm for chaplaincy in a multifaith context, In: Bueckert, L-D., Schipani, S.S. Hospital Chaplaincy. Good News in the Hospital: Understanding and Practicing Interfaith Pastoral Care, Ontario, Pandora Press.
CAREY, L.B., ARONI, R., EDWARDS, A. 1997 Health and well being: Hospital Chaplaincy, In: Gardner, H. Health policy in Australia, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, p. 190-210.
CAREY, L.B., COBB, M., EQUELL, D. 2005 From pastoral contacts to pastoral interventions, Scottish Journal of Health Care Chaplaincy, Vol.8, No.2, p. 14-20.
CAREY, L.B., NEWELL, C.J. 2007 Withdrawal of life support and chaplaincy in Australia, Journal of Critical Care and Resuscitation, Vol. 9, No.1, March, p. 34-39.
CAREY, L.B., NEWELL, C.J. 2007 Chaplaincy and Resuscitation, Journal of Resuscitation (In Press).
CAREY, L.B., NEWELL, C.J. 2004 Chaplaincy n the Clinical Context, AUSCUR Publications, Melbourne.
CAREY, L.B., NEWELL, C.J. 2007 Abortion and health care chaplaincy in Australia, Journal of Religion and Health, Vol. 46, 2, p. 315-332.
CAREY, L.B., NEWELL, C. 1998 The euthanasia debate and hospital chaplaincy within Australia, Journal of Health Care Chaplaincy, Cambridge, June, pp 8-16.
CAREY, L.B., NEWELL, C. J, & RUMBOLD, B., 2006 Pain Control and Chaplaincy, Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, Vol.32, No.6, pp. 589 – 601.
CAREY, L.B., RUMBOLD, B., NEWELL, C., ARONI, R. 2006 Bioethics and care chaplaincy in Australia, Scottish Journal of Health Care Chaplaincy, Vol. 9, 23-30.
DONNELLY, D. 2003 On relationship as a key to inter-religious dialogue. In: Kendall, D., O’Collins, G., Many and Diverse Ways, Orbis Books, New York, p. 136
ELLIOT, H., CAREY, L.B. 1996 Organ Transplantation and Chaplaincy, Ministry, Society & Theology, Melbourne, Vol. 10 No.1, p. 66-77.
KELLEHEAR, A. 1996 The unobtrusive researcher, Longmann, Melbourne, pp. 5-6.
MINICHIELLO, V., ARONI, R., TIMEWELL, E., ALEXANDER, L. 1995 In-depth Interviewing: Researching People, Longman Cheshire, Melbourne.
MOL, H. 1978 Identity and the Sacred: A sketch for a new socio-scientific theory of religion, Blackwell, New York.
MOL, H. 1983 Meaning and place: An introduction to the social scientific study of religion, Pilgrim Press, New York.
NCCH 2002 Pastoral Intervention Codings, International Classification of Diseases, Vol. 10 – Australian Modification (ICD-10-AM), World Health Organization & the National Centre for the Classification of Health, Sydney University, Sydney.
NICHOLL, D. 1991 Other Religions (Nostrae Aetate), In Adrian Hastings (ed), Modern Catholicism: Vatican II and After, SPCK, London, p.126-34, 132.
PETERSON, C. 1997 'Quantitative approaches to evaluation in health care' In: Gardner, H. (1997) Health Policy in Australia, Melbourne, Oxford University Press, pp. 98 - 115.
POLGAR, S., THOMAS, S. 1995 Research in the Health Sciences, Churchill, Livingstone, Melbourne, p. 47 and pp. 116-117.
RICHARDS, T., RICHARDS, L. 1990 Manual for mainframe ‘non-numerical unstructured data, indexing, searching and theorising’, Replee Pty Ltd, Eltham, Victoria.
SWINDELLS, J. 1997 A Human Search: Bede Griffiths reflects on his life, Triumph, Ligouri, Missouri.
SWINTON, J., MOWATT, H. 2006 Practical Theology and Qualitative Research, SCM Press, London.
THOMAS, S., STEVEN, I., BROWNING, C., DICKENS, E., ECKERMANN, E., CAREY, L.B. 1993 Patient knowledge, opinions, satisfaction and choices in primary health care provision: a progress report. In: Doessel, D.P. The general practice evaluation program: The 1992 work-in-progress conference. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
VANDECREEK, L., BENDER, H., JORDON, M.R. 1994 Research in pastoral care and counseling: Quantitative and qualitative approaches. Journal of Pastoral Care publications, New York.
VICTORIA GOVERNMENT AUSTRALIA, ‘Services provided in a culturally sensitive way’, Public Hospital Patient Charter, Victoria Government Department of Human Services, Melbourne, January 2008.
AHWCA 1998 / 2004 Health Care Chaplaincy Guidelines, Australian Health & Welfare Chaplains Association, Melbourne.
CAREY. L, B. 1998 The Sacralization of Identity: A Cross-Cultural and Inter-Religious Paradigm for Hospital Chaplaincy. The Journal of Health Care Chaplaincy, England, February, 1998 p.15.
CAREY, L.B., DAVOREN, R., COHEN, J. 2008 The sacralisation of identity: An interfaith spiritual care paradigm for chaplaincy in a multifaith context, In: Bueckert, L-D., Schipani, S.S. Hospital Chaplaincy. Good News in the Hospital: Understanding and Practicing Interfaith Pastoral Care, Ontario, Pandora Press.
CAREY, L.B., ARONI, R., EDWARDS, A. 1997 Health and well being: Hospital Chaplaincy, In: Gardner, H. Health policy in Australia, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, p. 190-210.
CAREY, L.B., COBB, M., EQUELL, D. 2005 From pastoral contacts to pastoral interventions, Scottish Journal of Health Care Chaplaincy, Vol.8, No.2, p. 14-20.
CAREY, L.B., NEWELL, C.J. 2007 Withdrawal of life support and chaplaincy in Australia, Journal of Critical Care and Resuscitation, Vol. 9, No.1, March, p. 34-39.
CAREY, L.B., NEWELL, C.J. 2007 Chaplaincy and Resuscitation, Journal of Resuscitation (In Press).
CAREY, L.B., NEWELL, C.J. 2004 Chaplaincy n the Clinical Context, AUSCUR Publications, Melbourne.
CAREY, L.B., NEWELL, C.J. 2007 Abortion and health care chaplaincy in Australia, Journal of Religion and Health, Vol. 46, 2, p. 315-332.
CAREY, L.B., NEWELL, C. 1998 The euthanasia debate and hospital chaplaincy within Australia, Journal of Health Care Chaplaincy, Cambridge, June, pp 8-16.
CAREY, L.B., NEWELL, C. J, & RUMBOLD, B., 2006 Pain Control and Chaplaincy, Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, Vol.32, No.6, pp. 589 – 601.
CAREY, L.B., RUMBOLD, B., NEWELL, C., ARONI, R. 2006 Bioethics and care chaplaincy in Australia, Scottish Journal of Health Care Chaplaincy, Vol. 9, 23-30.
DONNELLY, D. 2003 On relationship as a key to inter-religious dialogue. In: Kendall, D., O’Collins, G., Many and Diverse Ways, Orbis Books, New York, p. 136
ELLIOT, H., CAREY, L.B. 1996 Organ Transplantation and Chaplaincy, Ministry, Society & Theology, Melbourne, Vol. 10 No.1, p. 66-77.
KELLEHEAR, A. 1996 The unobtrusive researcher, Longmann, Melbourne, pp. 5-6.
MINICHIELLO, V., ARONI, R., TIMEWELL, E., ALEXANDER, L. 1995 In-depth Interviewing: Researching People, Longman Cheshire, Melbourne.
MOL, H. 1978 Identity and the Sacred: A sketch for a new socio-scientific theory of religion, Blackwell, New York.
MOL, H. 1983 Meaning and place: An introduction to the social scientific study of religion, Pilgrim Press, New York.
NCCH 2002 Pastoral Intervention Codings, International Classification of Diseases, Vol. 10 – Australian Modification (ICD-10-AM), World Health Organization & the National Centre for the Classification of Health, Sydney University, Sydney.
NICHOLL, D. 1991 Other Religions (Nostrae Aetate), In Adrian Hastings (ed), Modern Catholicism: Vatican II and After, SPCK, London, p.126-34, 132.
PETERSON, C. 1997 'Quantitative approaches to evaluation in health care' In: Gardner, H. (1997) Health Policy in Australia, Melbourne, Oxford University Press, pp. 98 - 115.
POLGAR, S., THOMAS, S. 1995 Research in the Health Sciences, Churchill, Livingstone, Melbourne, p. 47 and pp. 116-117.
RICHARDS, T., RICHARDS, L. 1990 Manual for mainframe ‘non-numerical unstructured data, indexing, searching and theorising’, Replee Pty Ltd, Eltham, Victoria.
SWINDELLS, J. 1997 A Human Search: Bede Griffiths reflects on his life, Triumph, Ligouri, Missouri.
SWINTON, J., MOWATT, H. 2006 Practical Theology and Qualitative Research, SCM Press, London.
THOMAS, S., STEVEN, I., BROWNING, C., DICKENS, E., ECKERMANN, E., CAREY, L.B. 1993 Patient knowledge, opinions, satisfaction and choices in primary health care provision: a progress report. In: Doessel, D.P. The general practice evaluation program: The 1992 work-in-progress conference. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
VANDECREEK, L., BENDER, H., JORDON, M.R. 1994 Research in pastoral care and counseling: Quantitative and qualitative approaches. Journal of Pastoral Care publications, New York.
VICTORIA GOVERNMENT AUSTRALIA, ‘Services provided in a culturally sensitive way’, Public Hospital Patient Charter, Victoria Government Department of Human Services, Melbourne, January 2008.
Published
2013-04-06
Issue
Section
Articles
How to Cite
Carey, L., & Davoren, R. (2013). INTER-FAITH PASTORAL CARE AND THE ROLE OF THE HEALTH CARE CHAPLAIN. Health and Social Care Chaplaincy, 11(1), 21-32. https://doi.org/10.1558/hscc.v11i1.21
