Disaster Spiritual Care: Practical Clergy Responses to Community, Regional and National Tragedy, 2nd Edition

The first comprehensive resource for pastoral care in the face of disaster—a vital resource for clergy, seminarians, pastoral counselors and caregivers of all faith traditions. Updated and expanded!This essential resource for clergy and caregivers integrates the classic foundations of pastoral care with the unique challenges of disaster response on community, regional and national levels.Offering the latest theological perspectives and tools—along with basic theory and skills from the best disaster response texts, research and concepts—the contributors to this resource are innovators in their fields and represent Christianity, Judaism, Islam and more.New to this edition are chapters on:N-VOAD Points of Consensus and Guidelines—A Developing ConversationEthics in Disaster Spiritual CareAssessmentDeveloping a Theological Framework for Providing Disaster Spiritual CareAnd MoreExploring how spiritual care changes following a disaster, and including a comprehensive explanation of a disaster’s lifecycle, this is the definitive guidebook for counseling not only the victims of disaster but also the clergy and caregivers who are called to service in the wake of crisis.Disaster Spiritual Care: Practical Clergy Responses to Community, Regional and National Tragedy 2nd Edition is written by Rev. Willard W. C. Ashley Sr., MDiv, DMin, DH; Rabbi Stephen B. Roberts, MBA, MHL, BCJC and published by SkyLight Paths. ISBNs for Disaster Spiritual Care are 9781683367574, 168336757X and the print ISBNs are 9781594735875, 1594735875. Additional ISBNs include 9781683360292.