COVID-19. The Call of Louisa Jordan
The Formation of the Spiritual Care Team at NHS Louisa Jordan, Glasgow, Scotland
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1558/hscc.42420Keywords:
COVID-19, spiritual care, chaplaincy, autoethnography, poetics, theologyAbstract
This article employs an innovative research methodology, evocative spiritual autoethnography, to capture the complex existential and pastoral experiences gathered during the formation of the spiritual care team at NHS Louisa Jordan, Glasgow. It is a snapshot in time and offers a rare glimpse into the humanity and vulnerability of the spiritual care team as they face this far from normal situation. Learnings identified through contemplative inquiry serve to expand the horizon of chaplaincy.
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