The Lived Experience of Palliative Chaplains

This book explores the unique challenges of disenfranchisement faced by Christian chaplains working within the secular and pluralistic context of contemporary healthcare.

Autorentext

Caroline Yih holds a PhD in Practical Theology from the University of Aberdeen, UK, and is an honorary post-doctoral research fellow at the University of Aberdeen as well as an honorary post-doctoral research associate at the Chung Chi Divinity School of the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Her ongoing research focuses on trauma and different forms of disenfranchisement.

Inhalt

Introduction

1 What do we know about chaplaincy practice in Hong Kong?

2 The Landscape of Chaplaincy Practice: A Phenomenological Interpretation

2.1 Homefulness

3 Practising in homelessness: Understanding the nature of chaplaincy practice in end of life care.

4 Coping with homelessness: responding to the nature of the practice.

5 Practising in homelessness: a re-imagined approach.

Conclusion