Disaster Spiritual Care: Practical Clergy Responses to Community, Regional and National Tragedy

by Stephen B. Roberts

Publisher:

Turner Publishing

, 2008

Overview

The first comprehensive resource for pastoral care in the face of disaster―a vital resource for clergy, seminarians, pastoral counselors and caregivers of all faith traditions.

This essential resource for clergy and caregivers integrates the classic foundations of pastoral care with the unique challenges of disaster response on community, regional and national levels.

Offering the latest theological perspectives and tools, along with basic theory and skills from the best disaster response texts, research and concepts, the contributors to this resource are innovators in their fields and represent Christianity, Judaism, Islam and more.

Exploring how spiritual care changes following a disaster, and including a comprehensive explanation of a disaster’s lifecycle, this is the definitive guidebook for counseling not only the victims of disaster but also the clergy and caregivers who are called to service in the wake of crisis.

Key Features

• Integrates the foundations of pastoral care with the unique challenges of disaster response.
• Offers the latest theological perspectives from the best disaster response.
• Explores how spiritual care changes following a disaster.

Product Details

• Title: Disaster Spiritual Care: Practical Clergy Responses to Community, Regional and National Tragedy
• Author: Stephen B. Roberts
• Publisher: Turner Publishing
• Print Publication Date: 2008
• Pages: 384
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• ISBNs: 9781594732409, 159473240X
• Resource ID: LLS:DSSTRSPCRE
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-08-12T22:58:34Z

About Stephen B. Roberts

Rabbi Stephen B. Roberts, MBA, MHL, BCJC, is the editor of Professional Spiritual & Pastoral Care: A Practical Clergy and Chaplain's Handbook and coeditor of Disaster Spiritual Care: Practical Clergy Response to Community, Regional and National Tragedy (both SkyLight Paths). He is a past president of the National Association of Jewish Chaplains. Most recently he served as the associate executive vice president of the New York Board of Rabbis, directing their chaplaincy program, providing services in more than fifty locations throughout New York, and serving as the endorser for both New York State's and New York City's Jewish chaplains. Prior to this he served as the director of chaplaincy of the Beth Israel Medical System (New York), overseeing chaplains and clinical pastoral education (CPE) programs at three acute care hospitals, one behavioral health hospital, and various outpatient facilities served by chaplains.