A Practical Theology of Pediatric Chaplaincy: Critical Contexts for Care

By Joshua Morris

* Advance Praise and Reviews *
"Chaplains of all sorts--not only those caring with children and their families--can benefit from this wise and vulnerable book. Centering children's own voices and concerns, Morris manages to attend simultaneously to the levels of the bedside, the healthcare system and its staff, and neoliberal capitalist distortions of healthcare as factors shaping spiritual care. His emancipatory and critical theology of pediatric chaplaincy can improve care for children while supporting clinical caregivers and their challenging, life-giving work. We have needed a text like this for generations, and Morris offers sensitive, credible, and intentional guidance that will shape the field for decades." -- Duane R. Bidwell, author, After the Worst Day Ever: What Sick Kids Know about Sustaining Hope in Chronic Illness

How do children challenge theologies and practices of pastoral care? How can chaplains provide compassionate, ethical, and competent spiritual care with children and their communities? How can pastors, families, and hospital care teams participate in the child's own meaning-making within and for their community?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1626987017
• ISBN13: 9781626987012
• Release Date: November 2026
• Publisher: Orbis Books
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.3"