Date of Award

2024

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Divinity (MDiv)

Department

Theology, Marriage and Family Therapy

First Advisor/Committee Member

Anne Prouty, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Marriage and Family Therapy and Director of Medical Family Therapy

Second Advisor/Committee Member

David Nienhuis, Ph.D., Professor of New Testament and Associate Dean of Academic Programs

Keywords

Chaplaincy service, Hospital; Chaplains, Hospital; Family therapists; Family therapy; Hospitality—Religious aspects—Christianity; Northwest, Pacific; Caring—Religious aspects—Christianity; Charity—Religious aspects—Christianity—History; Hospitals—History—To 1500; Medical care—Religious aspects—Christianity—History—To 1500; Behavioral Health Services; Hospital chaplaincy; Christianity; Trauma; Behavioral health; Suicide; Spiritual care, Pastoral care; Acute care; Pacific Northwest; Incarnation; Presence; Hospitality

Abstract

This essay is an exploration of hospital chaplaincy as a frontline of faith in America today. This Thesis is a joint project between Seattle Pacific Seminary and the Department of Medical Family Therapy. It combines a literature review addressing topics of concern and practice for hospital chaplains and medical family therapists with a personal appeal to Christian ministers, seminary students, therapists, chaplains, and clergy who are called to serve in this vocation, including those who relate to this topic as a sense of mission. It is a compilation of tools, evidence-based explorations, and theology addressing hospital chaplaincy. It includes history, contextual care for trauma, behavioral health, suicide, and integration of ministry into a care team. Clinically, it seeks to name opportunities for growth and development for all who are called to serve in hospital chaplaincy, including specific skills, assessment tools, and practical matters within this setting. Theologically, it seeks to reflect on the Christian Roots that grew into the first hospitals and what it means to continue to live into the themes of the incarnation, presence, and hospitality in the context of medicine in the Pacific Northwest and America today.

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