Crisis pastoral care : a police chaplain's perspective / [print]
Thomas W. Shane.
- Prescott, Arizona : Hohm Press, (c)2012.
- xvi, 208 pages ; 23 cm
Relationships -- Prominent pastoral themes -- Pastoral implications for emergency ministry. The chaplain's notebook, part I:. general principles of working with cops -- Pastoral authority. The chaplain's notebook, part II: values for consideration -- Risks of law enforcement -- Suicide and pastoral care -- Despair -- Natural disasters -- Death notification. The chaplain's notebook, part III: death notification, principles and procedures -- Chaplaincy and terrorism. The chaplain's notebook, part IV: working in disasters -- Healthcare, hospitals, and chaplains.
This book brings a balanced, spiritually-based perspective to the dead center of tragic human experiences--violent crimes, homicides, natural disasters, automobile accidents, suicides, child abuse, and more. Author and chaplain Thomas Shane tells dozens of often brutal but ultimately compassionate stories of what it is like to provide crisis pastoral care to those caught in the grim reality of such critical incidents.
9781935387220
2011025740
Chaplains, Police. Crisis intervention (Mental health services)