Hospital chaplains facing the pandemic. A qualitative study

Domaradzki, Jan

doi:10.1080/08854726.2022.2043680

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“…A national survey conducted by the Gallup Organization in 2022 found that nearly one-in-five people in the United States has interacted with a chaplain outside of a place of worship (Gallup 2022). While chaplains have long been present in the military, prisons, healthcare, and higher education, the pandemic brought them into broader public view (Cadge 2020; Domaradzki 2022; Weiss 2020). Chaplains may be increasingly important as fewer people in the United States are affiliated with local religious organizations (Pew Research Center 2018).…”

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Which U.S. Congregational Leaders Also Work as Chaplains? A National Overview

Cadge,

Lawton,

Holleman

et al. 2024

Review of Religious Research

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Historically, congregational leaders did the work of chaplaincy. In the past century, the professions have diverged and chaplaincy has diversified in form and function. We ask which congregational leaders currently also serve as chaplains to identify the extent of overlap between these two types of religious leaders in the contemporary United States. We analyze data from the National Survey of Religious Leaders (NSRL), a nationally representative sample of 1,600 clergy collected in 2019 to 2020, to determine how many congregational leaders are also working or volunteering as chaplains. Though some overlap exists between the occupational roles of chaplains and congregational leaders, our study shows that they are largely distinct professions, with only 17.1% of primary congregational leaders also working or volunteering as chaplains. Catholic primary leaders and Hispanic primary leaders are more likely than their peers to also work as chaplains. Researchers studying each group should be attentive to the ways these professional groups overlap and diverge, and the corresponding possible confusion among religious practitioners and the general public. Theological educators should consider the specific training and support needs of the portion of clergy who serve as chaplains alongside of their congregational positions.

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Which U.S. Congregational Leaders Also Work as Chaplains? A National Overview

Cadge,

Lawton,

Holleman

et al. 2024

Review of Religious Research

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“…Particularly in the health system, chaplains have been increasingly integrated into multi-professional teams and offered spiritual care for staff and patients (Ferrell et al 2020). This has also led to an increase in self-confidence, societal visibility, and strengthening of one's profile (Wierstra et al 2020;Domaradzki 2022).…”

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Spirituality of Professional Pastoral Caregivers during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Distress, Resources, and Consequences

Haußmann

2022

J. Empir. Theol.

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The COVID-19 pandemic has had an enormous impact on mental health in general and on care professionals in particular. Studies have shown that professional pastoral caregivers are challenged concerning stabilizing their mental health and coping with stress experiences. Spirituality, on the other hand, has been considered as a helpful coping resource. This study examines professional pastoral caregivers in various contexts of hospitals, congregations, old people’s homes or schools during the second lockdown in Germany. Results show the importance of spirituality as a resource, with an overall high centrality of religiosity, high daily spiritual experience and low spiritual dryness, but also reveal various stress factors with which pastoral caregivers have to deal. However, associations between work-related distress, spiritual dryness, centrality of religiosity and spiritual experience are displayed and discussed. Spiritual dryness correlates positively with work-related distress, whereas daily spiritual experience and centrality of religiosity correlates negatively. Possibilities of further support for those offering pastoral care during the pandemic and beyond are presented.

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