
Chaplains Investigate Their Practice
The Dutch Case Studies Project
Pickwick Publications (Publisher)
Published on 4. February 2025
Book
Hardback
376 pages
978-1-6667-7028-5 (ISBN)
Description
Chaplains Investigate Their Practice presents a collaborative study that analyzes more than a hundred instances of care by chaplains in various fields of chaplaincy in the Netherlands. The research provides an answer to the question: What do chaplains do--why, and with what results? Part 1 describes the method of the project. Part 2 consists of nine exemplary case studies illustrative of the project but also suited to educational purposes. Part 3 explores themes that emerged in the case studies regarding rituals, aesthetic means, goal orientation, chaplain roles, and community. Part 4 presents the results of the study by identifying a basic repertoire of chaplaincy care; the values, and the body of knowledge that guide the care; and effects of the care on clients' feelings, behavior, and worldview. A secondary study examines the influence that participating in the study has had on the practices of these chaplain-researchers. The detailed study provides chaplains, students, and other professionals with a clear picture of what chaplains do and their contributions to the well-being of clients. It provides teachers and researchers with rich materials and methodological perspectives for their work.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
692 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-6667-7028-5 (9781666770285)
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Martin Walton | Jacques Körver | Niels Den Toom
Chaplains Investigate Their Practice
The Dutch Case Studies Project
E-Book
02/2025
Wipf and Stock Publishers
€45.99
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Persons
Martin Walton is professor emeritus of chaplaincy studies at the Protestant Theological University in Utrecht, Netherlands. He coedited Learning from Case Studies in Chaplaincy (2020).
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Niels den Toom is assistant professor in spiritual care and chaplaincy studies at Tilburg University, Tilburg, Netherlands, and chaplain in a nursing facility in Breda, Netherlands. His PhD thesis was published as The Chaplain Researcher (2022).
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Niels den Toom is assistant professor in spiritual care and chaplaincy studies at Tilburg University, Tilburg, Netherlands, and chaplain in a nursing facility in Breda, Netherlands. His PhD thesis was published as The Chaplain Researcher (2022).