| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 252 pages) |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-233) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Chaplains -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States
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Pastoral counseling -- Law and legislation -- United States
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Religion and state -- United States
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Religion and law -- United States
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LAW -- Constitutional.
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LAW -- Public.
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Pastoral counseling -- Law and legislation
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Religion and law
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Religion and state
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780226145594 |
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022614559X |
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