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Harvard Medical School announces fellowship in bioethics
The HMS Center for Bioethics has announced its 2019 fellowship program, which is open to chaplains: The fellowship is a one-year, part-time program designed to explore foundational theories, concepts, and concerns central…
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Training for Muslim religious leaders
From Nancy Khalil and Celene Ibrahim at Maydan: Programs and institutions tailored specifically for the purpose of training Muslim religious professionals have a brief history in the United States; yet, recent decades…
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Defeating “moments of darkness” in the Air Force
From Stars and Stripes on Air Force Chief of Chaplains Maj. Gen. Steven Schaick: “There is a spirit in this world who wants us to believe that is where it ends,” he…
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Millennials and work community
Casper ter Kuile of the How We Gather project noted in a recent newsletter that As traditional structures of belonging and spirituality decline, a 2016 Gallup poll found that, instead, our jobs are…
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Prison chaplain publishes on theological education
Sarah Jobe, chaplain for Interfaith Prison Ministry for Women and an advisor to the Lab, recently published in Teaching Theology and Religion. The abstract of “How programs in prisons are challenging the…
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AAR Ethics Unit invites papers on chaplaincy
The Ethics unit of the American Academy of Religion invites papers for the 2019 Annual Meeting on the theme The Chaplain in the Public Sphere: “We invite papers that examine the diverse…
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Cleveland Clinic launches new podcast
Cleveland Clinic has launched a podcast called “Studies in Empathy.” The current featured episode includes Dr. Amy Greene (below), who speaks on spiritual care in crisis. Be sure to check out the…
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American Academy of Religion Call for Papers now open
The Chaplaincy Innovation Lab gratefully participates in the American Academy of Religion through the program unit Innovations in Chaplaincy and Spiritual Care. Proposals are now being accepted to present at the AAR…
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NYT: Alabama legal battle over execution spiritual care
From Julia Jacobs at the New York Times: A federal appeals court in Alabama on Wednesday delayed the execution of a Muslim inmate who said the prison was violating his religious rights…
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U. Exeter (UK) offers PhD scholarship in theology and religion
From the University of Exeter: This PhD scholarship, funded by the bequest of the late E.H. Boundy, is available to support any excellent project that falls within the research areas covered by…
