The purpose of the pilot project is to develop a methodology for: operationally specifying clergy and chaplain interventions at a level of detail that will enable replication by other clergy and chaplains; developing consensus definitions of the constructs and terminology used in describing pastoral and spiritual care interventions; establishing the infrastructure of procedures for managing the...

I N 1967, when the Reverend Howard Moody, pastor of the Judson Memorial Church in New Yorkorganized a small group of clergymen . he created the Clergy Consultation Service on Abortion, a nom ement which has been sweeping the country . Not only have hundreds of clergymen begun to organize themselves in most states, but other professionals such as counselors in Planned Parenthood. mental health w...

this paper is aimed to review the concepts of legitimacy and its relation to effectiveness of clergy in iran . combination of religion and politics could increase interventionism in public policy and increase expectations for welfare interventionism. this phenomena could link spiritual legitimacy of clergy to its effectiveness. somewhat vast interpretation of “ the unity of religion and politic...

Relationships between the Yale Center of Alcohol Studies, considered to be representative of the alcoholism treatment movement, and various temperance groups, clergy and spokesmen for the alcoholic beverage industry are examined.

Within the Minster of Beverley, at its liturgical center next to the high altar, sits a stone chair that once bore the inscription, "Haec sedes lapidea Freedstoll dicitur i.e. pacis cathedra, ad quam reus fugiendo perveniens omnimodam habet securitatem."1 On these words the sanctuary seeker relied as he made his desperate way to the refuge that would protect him from the penalties that the Comm...

Class of 2008 Political Science The author examines visual and rhetorical strategies used by Iraqi and non-Iraqi groups in recruiting voters for the January 2005 legislative and presidential elections. Case studies include the USAID, various Shiite clergy groups, and Future Iraq Assembly, which is a non-governmental organization of activists, businesspeople, and academicians. Religious appeals ...

The sexual abuse of children by clergy is neither a new phenomenon nor solely confined to one religious faith or denomination. In the past year, however, revelations of numerous incidents of sexual abuse of children by Catholic clergy, of the deliberate obfuscation of this criminal behavior for decades by church leaders, and of the severe misuse of confidence placed in religious institutions ha...

The September 11th terrorist attacks reminded us of how vulnerable we are to horrifying events and how widespread the effects can be. It also reminded of us how important faith is in difficult times for most Americans. The New England Journal of Medicine reported that 90% of Americans turned to religion as a coping response to the terrorist attacks on September 11th (Schuster et al., 2001). Thi...