NEW AND FORTHCOMING PUBLICATIONS
IN SPIRITUAL CARE
Now Available
Wisdom Traditions in Spiritual Care
Integrative Explorations on Normativity
Edited by Daniel S. Schipani
IASC is pleased to announce the publication of this new volume by Pickwick Publications. It addresses a foundational question for spiritual caregivers: where do the norms that guide assessment, accompaniment, and care come from, and how are they integrated into professional formation and practice?
Bringing together twenty-five voices from diverse wisdom traditions, cultures, disciplines, and social contexts, the book combines theoretical reflection, practical illustrations, and case studies. Its contributors invite readers into an interreligious and intertradition conversation on the values and commitments that shape spiritual care.
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Soon to Be Released
Spiritual Care in Times of War and Displacement
Interdisciplinary, Intercultural and Interreligious Perspectives
Edited by Mahmoud Abdallah, Georg Wenz, and Thomas Dreher
Contributors to this timely volume address religious and spiritual resources for refugees, ethical sensitivity in trauma care, women’s experiences of war and migration, transgenerational wounds, Islamic spiritual care, prison chaplaincy, refugee assistance, art as a medium for peace, and spiritual resources in a world marked by violence and displacement.
Years ago Martin Luther King Jr. remarked, “we are confronted with the fierce urgency of now…” The sentiment expressed in such a declaration rings truer today than when it was first evoked on the occasion of King’s Riverside Speech. To say that we’re living in dark, traumatic times in the United States and around the world, is an understatement. The twin threats of fascist ideology and political crusade supported by white Christian nationalism, and climate emergency present a formidable challenge, and especially to those involved in the multiform practices of spiritual care (including research and theory building) across traditions and disciplines. The IASC Conference—“Spiritual Care as Resistance”– was planned in light of that challenge. It was a space for reflection, dialogue and collaboration fueled by the power of compassionate care.
— Prof. Dr. Daniel S. Schipani
IASC President