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Campus Prophets, Spiritual Guides, or Interfaith Traffic Directors? The Many Lives of College and University Chaplains by John Schmalzbauer is a Social Sciences article available to read on EtoBox.

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What is the role of the chaplain on the 21st century campus? Comparing today's chaplains to their mid-century counterparts, this article presents findings from the National Study of Campus Ministries. Based on a 2006 survey of 1,659 campus religious professionals, it focuses on a subsample of 335 chaplains employed in private colleges and universities and 80 in-depth interviews with college chaplains conducted prior to the survey. While chaplains perform many different roles, this study focuses on three that capture the changing place of the profession in the 21st century: campus prophets, spiritual guides, and interfaith traffic directors. What roles do chaplains play in contemporary American higher education? Drawing on the National Study of Campus Ministries (DeBerg et al., 2007; Schmalzbauer, 2018a), this article contrasts the postwar chaplaincy with its 21st-century successor. While a relatively young occupation, the job of the college chaplain has shifted greatly over the past 70 years. Vastly different from the 1950s, the demographic profile of college chaplains has also changed, reflecting the growing presence of women clergy and the diversification of the American campus.

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Author

John Schmalzbauer

Publisher

Informa UK Limited

Published

2021

Language

EN

Field

Social Sciences