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The Ethics of AI in Spiritual Care
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""]The spiritual care community is no doubt home to many perspectives on AI. This webinar, illustrated with vignettes from the presenter's experience as a chaplain and ethicist at MIT, will first present an overview of contemporary ethical critiques of Big Tech, inviting participants to consider their own spiritual relationship to AI. It will then […] -
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Racial Marginalization in CPE
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="17591" img_size="full" alignment="center" css=""][vc_column_text css=""]How has CPE historically marginalized many? What does that marginalization look like, overtly and covertly? What does a more appropriate approach to CPE look like? Join the Chaplaincy Innovation Lab and Rev. Dr. Danielle Buhuro for a presentation on marginalization in clinical pastoral education, the concluding event of the Lab's […] -
CHRYSALIS for professional well-being
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""]Are you feeling lonely? Burnt out? Longing for something more than just “self-care”? Join a free, empirically based personal and professional formation space for current religious leaders. Building on support groups offered in partnership with the Chaplaincy Innovation Lab during the pandemic, Boston University’s Danielsen Institute has developed an 8-week online program—with group and individual […] -
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Workplace Support for Spirituality and Burnout
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="17535" img_size="full" alignment="center" css=""][vc_column_text css=""]Join the Chaplaincy Innovation Lab and Dr. Kerby Goff for a discussion of the recent research article "How Workplace Support of Religion and Spirituality Buffered Burnout During the COVID-19 Pandemic" (Sociology of Religion, 2025). The article is available here; the abstract is as follows: "The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated existing resource gaps, […] -
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Spiritual Care Workforce Forecasting
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="17474" img_size="full" alignment="center" css=""][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""]Join the Chaplaincy Innovation Lab and Dr. Martin Shaw for a conversation on workforce forecasting and where healthcare chaplaincy fits into this process. Dr. Shaw will draw on his article "Chaplains in transition: a net workforce analysis in a southeastern healthcare organization," co-authored with Kelsey White and Amanda Stover in […] -
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[Partner Event] Campus Chaplaincy: Spiritual Care and Community Belonging
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="17448" img_size="medium" alignment="center" css=""][vc_column_text css=""]The practice of chaplaincy is characterized by the professional provision of spiritual care within diverse settings. In higher education, chaplains may serve as representatives of their faith group or as care providers within multi-faith contexts. They bring expertise in ethics, faith development, religious practices, spiritual care, and interreligious engagement. In […] -
The Unfixing: Film & Conversation on Illness, Ecology, and Spiritual Care
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="17431" img_size="full" alignment="center" css=""][vc_column_text css=""] Our health is inextricably connected to the health of our Earth. Come see this intricate interdependence in film. In her breathtaking award-winning autobiographical film, The Unfixing, filmmaker Nicole Betancourt creates a visual diary of the most tender of themes: illness, parenting, grief, and love – all in the context […] -
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Conversation Circles and the Needs of Historically Marginalized Chaplains
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="17425" img_size="full" alignment="center" css=""][vc_column_text css=""]This webinar reports on our work sponsored by the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation, supporting chaplains from historically marginalized communities. We’ll discuss the conversation circle model with one of our facilitators, as well as explore questions like “What is marginalization? And what do marginalized chaplains need today?”[/vc_column_text][vc_separator css=""][vc_column_text […] -
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Advanced Spiritual Care for the AI Age
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="17398" img_size="full" alignment="center" css=""][vc_column_text css=""]This webinar will equip chaplains with essential AI literacy as they navigate the unique spiritual landscape of 2026 and beyond. Rather than focusing on technology for technology's sake, this event explores how AI is reshaping the patient experience and how chaplains can use these tools to protect their most valuable […] -
Business Models in Spiritual Care
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="17272" img_size="large" alignment="center" css=""][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text css=""]How is spiritual care materially resourced? What are the structures that organizations and individuals depend on to provide access to spiritual care professionals? This webinar reports on a forthcoming eBook resulting from our work in the project Expanding the Reach of Covenantal Pluralism. It describes the range of business models […]
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