“Christ offered salvation, and not an easy life”: How do port chaplains make sense of providing welfare for seafarers? An idiographic, phenomenological approach analysis

Palmer, Tiffany; Murray, Esther

doi:10.5603/imh.2016.0022

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“…It has repeatedly been described that this relieving change in role can lead to relaxation, attention and devotions which are not present in normal on-board operations [9, 16, 17]. According to Palmer and Murray [10], especially after extreme stress situations, unfair treatment or in a personal crisis, welfare facilities/seamen’s facilities are important places where the affected seamen can find understanding, support and, in many cases, help.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Social welfare institutions like Seamen’s Missions, religious facilities, sport clubs or bars are often situated close to the ports. In this context, spiritual care - especially in welfare facilities - is of great importance [10]. To date, there are hardly any scientific surveys available that deal with communication within a multinational shipboard crew and with the importance of maritime welfare facilities.…”

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Maritime welfare facilities - utilization and relevance for the compensation of shipboard stress

Oldenburg

Jensen

2019

J Occup Med Toxicol

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Background Maritime welfare institutions enable crew members of ships to use different recreation facilities ashore during their work assignments aboard. This study analyses the shipcrew members’ need and their usage behavior of maritime welfare facilities that can be visited free of charge while their ship is in port. Methods A medically trained scientist interviewed 316 seafarers during 22 ship voyages. In addition, interviews were performed in 8 stations of the German Seamen’s Missions. Results Port stay of the vessels accounted for 43.6% of the entire voyage duration. 279 seafarers (88.3%) stated having had opportunities for shore leave in order to visit maritime welfare facilities. Officers less often stated possibilities for shore leave than ratings (OR 0.40; 95%CI 0.24–0.67). The main reasons for shore leave were to contact family and friends and distraction from the everyday work on board. Short stays in port, a high workload and limited opportunities for reaching the welfare facilities were main obstacles to shore leave. Furthermore, several seafarers complained about poor information on board about the facilities. Among the various welfare institutions, a “very high importance” was attributed to Seamen’s Missions and religious facilities (40% of the non-European seafarers - especially from Asia - and approx. 10% of the Europeans). Conclusion This study reveals sufficient time periods for seafarers to leave the vessel in port, mainly depending on the number of terminals to be called at. During the vessels’ port stay, a reduced workload for the shipping crew can be achieved by transferring several routine tasks to shoreside personnel. Furthermore, more attention should be paid to the accessibility of the welfare facilities and to better information about their offers. Measures should be taken to facilitate visits to maritime welfare facilities as an important refuge for seafarers.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Maritime welfare facilities - utilization and relevance for the compensation of shipboard stress

Oldenburg

Jensen

2019

J Occup Med Toxicol

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“…In the words of another chaplain, "we don't want anything … we just want to engage with them on a human level, one to one" (37). Presence as a theme was also prominent in the UK study of port chaplains (Palmer and Murray 2016).…”

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confidence: 98%

“…We focus on port chaplains in the United States to ask who they are, how they access the seafarers with whom they work, and what kinds of roles they occupy in that daily work. While one small study focused on this question was conducted in the United Kingdom, we are not aware of any American based investigations (Palmer and Murray 2016). Considering the history and multiple roles played by religious people and organizations in ports, we pay particular attention to the strategies they use to gain access and the explicit or implicit presence of religion in their work once there.…”

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Humanizing Agents of Modern Capitalism? The Daily Work of Port Chaplains

Cadge

Skaggs²

2018

Sociology of Religion

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While chaplains are required in the military, federal prisons, and the Veteran's Administration, they are also present in a range of other settings across the United States. In ports, religiously motivated individuals and institutions have long histories of evangelizing and providing social services. We focus on chaplains in 15 of the largest American ports today to ask how they negotiate access to seafarers and how they work with them daily. Chaplains negotiate security protocols, the hierarchy of ships, and their own self-presentations to get on board vessels. In their daily work, they shift among economic, moral, religious, and advocacy roles. Chaplains access seafarers by providing economic support and then use that access to develop the relationships they see as central to their work. By being present in these relationships, connecting seafarers to broader communities, and serving as an invisible global safety net, port chaplains see themselves acting as humanizing agents of modern capitalism. The case of port chaplaincy suggests additional strategies chaplains use to gain access not yet present in the sociological literature, further illustrates how the work of chaplains is shaped by the institutions within which it takes place, and expands sociological approaches to religion "on the edge" by showing multiple ways religion appears at the water's edge not yet theorized in that literature.

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“…Christian) values. Due to the dominance of Roman Catholicism in the Philippines, chaplain or priestly support is often needed to help Filipino seafarers cope with serious psychological stresses [47].…”

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Mental health of Filipino seafarers and its implications for seafarers’ education

Abila

Acejo

2021

International Maritime Health

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“Christ offered salvation, and not an easy life”: How do port chaplains make sense of providing welfare for seafarers? An idiographic, phenomenological approach analysis

Cited by 21 publications

References 14 publications

Maritime welfare facilities - utilization and relevance for the compensation of shipboard stress

Maritime welfare facilities - utilization and relevance for the compensation of shipboard stress

Humanizing Agents of Modern Capitalism? The Daily Work of Port Chaplains

Mental health of Filipino seafarers and its implications for seafarers’ education

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