The Chaplaincy Innovation Lab networks researchers, chaplains and educators to better prepare spiritual caregivers to work in today’s changing religious landscape. Current Project Leaders are working on research and educational projects in a range of settings. They report on their projects through the Lab’s monthly newsletter and social media. Project leaders also mentor someone junior to them, either through their project or more generally.
If you’re working on an empirically-based research project about chaplaincy or spiritual care, consider affiliating with us. Completethe application form to learn more. We also welcome professional associations and educational groups as partners. Please email Michael Skaggs at michael@chaplaincyinnovation.org for more information.
Everyone deserves comfort and dignity when they are ill, especially in their last days. But many people feel overwhelmed or uncomfortable talking about it before it happens.
The Reconstructionist Rabbinical College received one of the six inaugural grants from the Luce Fund for Theological Education to support an innovative program — Campus Chaplaincy for a Multifaith World.
CERP engages religiously diverse and non‑faith perspectives to promote interfaith awareness and interreligious understanding and thereby contribute to an enriched, religiously diverse national and international discourse on matters of public concern.
The role of philanthropic institutions in supporting and sustaining religious leadership remains understudied. This study tracks and analyzes philanthropic grants supporting chaplains ...
This book provides a way forward for professional chaplaincy in Canada. The first section presents an historical overview of what has taken place in chaplaincy and situates the debate between the sacred and the secular.
ACPE and GWU are working jointly to assist Chile in establishing a Chilean-based clinical pastoral education program for the purpose of educating palliative spiritual care givers in a culturally appropriate manner.
Spiritual support for Hindu students is in a nascent stage. To gain an understanding of the spiritual support offered Hindu students on US campuses, this project explored the history of Hindu Americans in the US ...
The Center for Pastoral Education is a seminary-based chaplaincy education program within the Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS) in New York City. Founded in 2010, the Center offers clinical and academic education to seminary students, clergy, and professionals from all faith traditions and all Jewish movements.
This project is a first attempt to answer some fundamental questions about Buddhist chaplaincy as a professional field, including how many Buddhist chaplains there are, where they work, what Buddhist traditions they represent, where they are educated, how they are certified, and what concerns they have about their profession.
Founded in 1986, the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) is a 501(c)(3) non‑profit research and educational organization that develops medical, legal, and cultural contexts for people to benefit from the careful uses of psychedelics.
No scientific work has been done to explore the role of military identity itself may play in reluctance to seek help, and poor health and well-being among service members and veterans. The proposed study ...
This qualitative grounded theory project will use feminist trauma theory and create an explanatory theory of moral injury as it pertains to U.S. women veterans.
The Daring Compassion Movement Chaplaincy Project is aimed at advancing the emerging vocational role of Movement Chaplain. Movement Chaplaincy is the work of spiritual accompaniment to social justice ...
The Of Many Institute for Multifaith Leadership is a pioneering initiative devoted to educating and inspiring religious and spiritual leaders to utilize multifaith dialogue and service as a force for positive social change.
The Latino CPE program is designed to work in conjunction with Calvin Seminary’s Hispanic Ministry Certificate program. A group of six pastor-students ...
Like many cities in the United States, Baltimore has struggled with structural racism manifest in economic and housing policies as well as a strong dis-trust of law enforcement.
The Night Ministry provides crisis intervention, counseling and referral services every night of the year. Since 1964, we haven’t missed one night in 50 years.
Dr. Jenny Palmer will lead semi-structured qualitative interviews with (1) dyads of family care partners and persons with dementia (when able to participate) to explore the role of spirituality in illness experiences and palliative care needs, and ...
Families whose loved one with an advanced illness is admitted to an ICU often are unprepared to make difficult decisions about goals of care and, as a result, request or accept futile, life-prolonging care.
Colleagues are piloting a series of projects at Hebrew SeniorLife in Boston about spiritual care for elders living in retirement and nursing facilities.
TSCI trains chaplains and clergy to advocate for and with transgender patients and interrupt discrimination against transgender people in healthcare settings and faith communities.
North American religious leaders are responding to collective trauma on a weekly basis. Whether mobilizing to provide basic support services to community members in the aftermath of a hurricane or tailoring a sermon for the Sunday after a mass shooting ...
Vennly is an audio-focused spiritual health app that aims to create a safe space for users to seek inspiration and guidance from top spiritual and community leaders on a variety of topics.
