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{"title":"Spiritual Care by and for Muslim Women in the United States","authors":"Celene Ibrahim","doi":"10.1080/10649867.2022.2028054","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10649867.2022.2028054","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Women's spiritual care networks are keeping the Islamic intellectual heritage fresh and intelligible for new generations of U.S.-based Muslims who are navigating faith, practices, and values as religious minorities. Here, I highlight leading voices and promising directions in the professionalization of Muslim women's spiritual caregiving. I detail how campus chaplaincy and seminary teaching positions have become vibrant settings for context-relevant guidance and spiritual mentorship among women.","PeriodicalId":29885,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Pastoral Theology","volume":"33 1","pages":"99 - 105"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2022-01-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48315127","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Choosing Justice Over Abandonment Amidst Abundance","authors":"Liz Theoharis","doi":"10.1080/10649867.2022.2059248","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10649867.2022.2059248","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This plenary presentation from the Society of Pastoral Theology Annual Meeting in June 2021 addresses the intersection of systemic racism, systemic poverty, ecological devastation, the war economy, and the false narrative of Christian Nationalism and puts forward a vision of justice that comes from listening to the needs and priorities of the 140 million poor and low-income Americans. Drawing lessons from the 1968 Poor People's Campaign, this paper suggests that poverty is not inevitable, not willed by God, nor an unfortunate accident, but the result of policy choices by political, religious, academic and health institutions. It argues that people of faith, pastoral theologians, practitioners have a role to play in building a moral movement to fully address inequality. Special attention is paid to the Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival and grassroots organizing in communities across the United States in the first quarter of the twenty-first century.","PeriodicalId":29885,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Pastoral Theology","volume":"32 1","pages":"89 - 97"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2022-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48951853","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"‘We are All Disaster Chaplains Now’: Pastoral Accountability and Planning Care in Pandemic Reality","authors":"S. Swain","doi":"10.1080/10649867.2022.2028056","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10649867.2022.2028056","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Disaster chaplains are there to support the temporal mission of disaster response and recovery, and the spiritual realities of symbolizing the presence and care of the divine. These two dimensions of chaplaincy speak of a systemic accountability. This article focuses on the formation of pastoral accountability in seminary education, chaplaincy practice, and disaster spiritual care. Drawing on the work of Carrie Doehring, it discusses the need to foreground safety and accountability during the COVID-19 pandemic, where religious leaders are called on to practice in ways more familiar to chaplains, being dually accountable to the temporal realities of pandemic protocols as well as pastoral realities, requiring acts of both compassion and assertion. The COVID-19 disaster highlights the need in seminary education to teach not just a trauma-informed approach, but a ‘disaster-informed’ approach, highlighting a systemic accountability needed in the long haul of disasters that require both immediate and sustained response.","PeriodicalId":29885,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Pastoral Theology","volume":"32 1","pages":"83 - 88"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2022-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44401567","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"‘I was Born into Moral Injury’: Viral Implications of COVID-19 on Healthcare Chaplaincy","authors":"Joshua T. Morris","doi":"10.1080/10649867.2022.2059227","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10649867.2022.2059227","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The COVID-19 pandemic quickly ruptured into pandemics. The multivalent stressors of the virus have laid bare the vast inequalities of the United States. These inequalities are brought to the surface in healthcare, and staff are confronted with three realities: caring for patients and families, caring for interdisciplinary colleagues, and caring for oneself. However, within the reality of COVID-19 is the pandemic of anti-Black racism as a virus continuing to kill the vulnerable. Chaplains, tasked with providing holistic care, must harness an intersectional analysis for the ways in which the most vulnerable and marginalized are impacted by these pandemics. Utilizing the hermeneutical framework of moral injury, I argue that COVID-19 reveals a betrayal of our societal moral values and a revelatory clarion call that our silence in the face of anti-Black racism is complicity with its mendacity. To heal these wounds, solidarity becomes an embodied intervention.","PeriodicalId":29885,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Pastoral Theology","volume":"32 1","pages":"55 - 61"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2022-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42279478","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Cracks and Care: Pastoral-theological Reflections on the Gender Implications of the Covid-19 Pandemic","authors":"Armin M. Kummer","doi":"10.1080/10649867.2021.2015112","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10649867.2021.2015112","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This article explores the highly ambivalent impact the COVID-19 pandemic is having on gender identities, roles, and relations. Western media have reported widely on the regressive effects that have pushed women during the pandemic into the ‘double shift’ situation of having to combine home making with home office. What has caught less public attention are the many subtle ways in which the pandemic has subverted the traditional distinctions between public and private, ‘at home’ and ‘at work’, indoors and outdoors etc., that have long constituted the ideological foundation of gender relations in industrial societies. This article explores how the disruptive effects of the pandemic on the gender order provides opportunities for pastoral theology to support men in reworking their fractured male identities towards more life-giving visions of human flourishing.","PeriodicalId":29885,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Pastoral Theology","volume":"32 1","pages":"116 - 131"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2022-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"59703813","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Preparing Chaplains in a Denominational Seminary for Service Beyond the Walls of the Church","authors":"J. Schwanz","doi":"10.1080/10649867.2022.2059230","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10649867.2022.2059230","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT In the field of chaplaincy preparation, denominational seminaries offer many strengths and face some challenges. This paper examines some of the challenges at one particular seminary and offers suggestions for all seminaries seeking to develop a strong foundation of educational programs that build chaplaincy competency. These suggestions include equipping students with strong pastoral theology and critical thinking ability, developing pastoral skills, and fostering the ability to minister in an interfaith context.","PeriodicalId":29885,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Pastoral Theology","volume":"32 1","pages":"26 - 30"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2022-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44160536","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Response to Dr. Theoharis","authors":"R. Lamothe","doi":"10.1080/10649867.2022.2082709","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10649867.2022.2082709","url":null,"abstract":"Thank you Dr. Theoharis for your comments and especially for all the work you do to promote justice in the United States and the world. I respect and admire your ability to make good and necessary trouble in the world. I want to begin my comments with a question I believe undergirds Dr. Theoharis’ discussion – a question that has at its core the issue of ethics and politics. The question is How shall we dwell together? Typically, in Western political philosophies and theologies, this question is primarily, if not solely, the concern of and for human beings. Other species and the earth have not been considered and if they are, they are viewed instrumentally in terms of how other species and the earth can enhance human dwelling. Indeed, if we consider the systemic realities of neoliberal capitalism, militarism, nationalism, and the new imperialism, we observe not only how dwelling is undermined for billions of human beings, while privileging the dwelling of a small percentage of human beings, but also how the dwelling of other species is neglected, or worse, horrifically exploited. Famed biologist E. O. Wilson argues that over half of known species will be extinct by the end of this century as a result of human actions. And it is easy to imagine that human beings will have the dubious distinction of answering the question about dwelling in such a way that makes our own extinction possible. Unfortunately, we overlook the existential fact that the ethical and political aspects of human dwelling necessarily include and depend on other species and the earth itself. I think it is easy to name the culprits of the Anthropocene Age, namely neoliberal capitalism that is destroying the commons and the very notion of the common good.We can add other related systems such as nationalism with its narcissistic preoccupation about one group’s dwelling over all others, and militarism that extends the reach of new forms of imperialism in the twenty-first century. But in the time I have left, I want to shift to another problem – a problem that undergirds these systems and one that is closer to home, namely the problem of sovereignty. When I say closer to home, I am referring to scripture and its use, as well as theologies. Dr. Theoharis uses scripture, as we all do, to ground her points. For instance, Dr. Theoharis mentions, like many liberation theologians, God bringing God’s people out of Egypt. I suspect most of us do not think twice about this, yet our sovereignGod liberatedGod’s people throughhorrific and terroristic acts of violence against the Egyptian people and apparently with not an ounce of remorse. Add to this, the sovereign God’s command to the Israelites to use their armies to ethnically cleanse the socalled promised land. These stories of God’s sovereignty and liberating acts have been used","PeriodicalId":29885,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Pastoral Theology","volume":"32 1","pages":"98 - 100"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2022-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44044761","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Invisible Lives of Chaplains of Color","authors":"Cheryl A. Giles","doi":"10.1080/10649867.2022.2059229","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10649867.2022.2059229","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Chaplains of color take care of their own spiritual, emotional, and physical wellbeing while caring for others, who are experiencing pain, anguish, and suffering. In many ways, these chaplains struggle with a triple whammy as they provide caregiving in uncharted water: being a person of color and a caregiver during a time of heightened racial tension and violence, feeling invisible, and disrespected. The toll on chaplains of color may not be visible, but it is there. They hold embodied trauma from implicit bias. Being present to others, is more than just showing up. It requires an ability to manage one’s own vulnerability as life continues to unfold. Often this means getting unhooked from the emotional patterns that we have developed and those that control us.","PeriodicalId":29885,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Pastoral Theology","volume":"32 1","pages":"77 - 82"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2022-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45034326","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"No Fear Nor Grief: Employing Islamic Wisdom to Address Contemporary Spiritual Challenges","authors":"Abdul-Malik Merchant","doi":"10.1080/10649867.2022.2059939","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10649867.2022.2059939","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Muslim chaplains face a plethora of challenges. Notably, two directly focused on the chaplain are: (1) attuning to and triaging the spiritual and emotional needs of Muslims they are serving and, then, (2) accompanying them on their spiritual journey. These challenges are amplified even more during the COVID-19 pandemic when people are turning to spirituality for coping. In addition, communities that are disproportionately burdened by disease morbidity and mortality, as one study of Black Americans showed. This paper seeks to critically examine the difference between Islamic spiritual gnosis and spiritual bypassing. For chaplains, this differentiation is essential to provide effective and meaningful Islamic pastoral care because it helps the client to powerfully leverage sacred beliefs and regulate while trying to navigate challenging experiences rather than glossing over or avoiding dealing with these challenges. I believe a potential solution to both is found in humility.","PeriodicalId":29885,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Pastoral Theology","volume":"32 1","pages":"41 - 46"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2022-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49616410","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Zooming to the Scene: Higher Education Chaplaincy and Hybrid Digital Care","authors":"K. M. Rice-Jalloh","doi":"10.1080/10649867.2022.2059228","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10649867.2022.2059228","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This essay emphasizes the demand within higher education for hybrid residential and digital care from chaplains and the growing necessity for theological education and continuing education that offer literacy of current technological training of digital platforms. While the American religious landscape is shifting away from singular religious preference and identification, for chaplaincy work, it is pivoting – in that our work has always encompassed multi-faceted ways for the human spirit to access meaning and purpose. What is changing is how we project our work and the means for connecting with our constituents. This essay ultimately argues that the digitally hybrid care responses activated by safety protocols to COVID-19 were inevitably coming due to higher education’s engagement with Gen Z and Gen Alpha; and, moreover, that theological training centers should adapt their core curriculum to include basic audio/visual production, and digital emotional intelligence display.","PeriodicalId":29885,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Pastoral Theology","volume":"32 1","pages":"36 - 40"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2022-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47475702","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}