The work of port chaplains: views from seafarers served

IF 0.8 3区哲学 0 RELIGION

Journal of Contemporary Religion Pub Date : 2023-05-04 DOI:10.1080/13537903.2021.1986311

Wendy Cadge, N. Turgo, S. Gilliat‐Ray, Helen Sampson, Graeme Smith

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Abstract

ABSTRACT Seafarers have long interacted with religious figures in addition to the merchants, government officials, and members of the public they meet when ships come into port. Today these religious figures are primarily Christian chaplains who provide material and spiritual assistance in ports around the globe. This article extends research about the interactions between port chaplains and seafarers by asking—for the first time—how seafarers experience port chaplains. Drawing on lived religion approaches to the study of religion, it is clear that, while most seafarers rely on port chaplains for practical assistance, a significant minority experience them as religious figures who can be trusted, offer blessings, and quietly remind them of God. The lived religion lens reveals aspects of seafarers’ spiritual and religious agency which are frequently overlooked because they take place quietly in the interstices of their work.

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港口牧师的工作：所服务海员的观点

摘要长期以来，海员除了与船只进港时遇到的商人、政府官员和公众之外，还与宗教人士互动。如今，这些宗教人士主要是在全球港口提供物质和精神援助的基督教牧师。本文首次通过询问海员如何体验港口牧师，扩展了对港口牧师和海员之间互动的研究。借鉴活宗教的方法来研究宗教，很明显，虽然大多数海员都依赖港口牧师的实际帮助，但有相当一部分人将他们视为可以信任、提供祝福并悄悄提醒他们上帝的宗教人物。活的宗教镜头揭示了海员精神和宗教能动性的各个方面，这些方面经常被忽视，因为它们发生在工作的间隙。

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Journal of Contemporary Religion RELIGION-

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期刊介绍： Journal of Contemporary Religion is an international peer reviewed journal. Its purpose is to both document and evaluate the anthropological, sociological, psychological, and philosophical aspects of emerging manifestations of religiosity in any part of the world—whether within innovative movements or mainstream institutions. The term ''religion'' in the title of this journal is understood to include contributions on spirituality. Moreover, as the journal title suggests, the focus is on contemporary issues. Therefore, the editors of Journal of Contemporary Religion welcome submissions which deal with: classical topics in the study of religion, such as secularisation and the vitality of religion or traditional sectarian movements; more recent developments in the study of religion, including religion and social problems, religion and the environment, religion and education, the transmission of religion, the materialisation and visualisation of religion in various forms, new forms of religious pluralism, the rise of new forms of religion and spirituality, religion and the Internet, religion and science, religion and globalisation, religion and the economy, etc. theoretical approaches to the study of religion; discussions of methods in relation to empirical research; qualitative and quantitative research and related issues. The Journal includes reviews of books which reflect the above themes.