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.
Recommended Citation
Reach, R. Fraser, "Chaplaincy & Medical Family Therapy: Christian Witness to Presence, Incarnation, and Hospitality in the Pacific Northwest" (2024). Seattle Pacific Seminary Theses. 20.
https://digitalcommons.spu.edu/spseminary_etd/20
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