Discount on JPCC for CIL community members
The Journal of Pastoral Care and Counseling is pleased to offer a 20% discount on individual subscriptions to the Chaplaincy Innovation Lab community, using the promotional code PCCsub2025. You may begin a new subscription to the journal here. This discount is open to all members of the Lab community, whether at the Subscriber level, Innovator level, or general public.
From SAGE:
The Journal of Pastoral Care & Counseling, founded in 1947, has had over 70 years of continuous publication. As of 2015, the journal is published as a partnership venture between Sage and Journal of Pastoral Care Publications Inc. (www.JPCP.org), which owns JPC&C.
The Journal of Pastoral Care & Counseling advances theory and professional practice through scholarly and reflective literature on pastoral and spiritual care, counseling, psychotherapy, education, and research. All material submitted to JPC&C must reflect the ethical standards of the organizations that are Member Associations of JPCP Inc. These standards are available on the associations’ websites.
JPC&C publishes articles such as the following:
- Concrete and detailed reports of significant areas of pastoral/spiritual care work, with discussion
- Research Studies of importance to the pastoral/spiritual care mission of religious communities
- Articles advancing understanding of the practice of Clinical Pastoral Education and Pastoral Counseling/Psychotherapy
- Articles that explore the distinctive as well as the common characteristics of Ministry/Spiritual Care in relation to other helping professions and/or institutions
The journal is highly regarded in the field of religious studies, ranked 11th out of 339 in the Religion category by the Journal Citation Indicator (JCI). It boasts a strong CiteScore and an impressive Impact Factor, underscoring its influence and value in the academic community. View our metrics here.