Interfaith Spiritual Care: Understanding and Practices

The research and writing project leading to this publication was designed with the following goals in mind:

• to explore the dynamics of interfaith spiritual care as a work of practical and pastoral theology
• to identify reliable guidelines for the competent, and duly contextualized, practice of interfaith spiritual care
• to invite further cooperation on this subject among practitioners and scholar

The project aims to enhance the practice of spiritual caregivers in the hospital and other settings as they encounter the growing plurality of faith traditions and expressions among care receivers and colleagues. This volume is therefore intended for chaplains, pastors, Clinical Pastoral Education students and other caregivers, such as counselors and psychotherapists, both in training and already in practice.