Learning from Case Studies in Chaplaincy

1. Introduction. Researching Living Human Encounters; I. Methodology in Case Study Research; 2. The State of the Art in Chaplaincy Research; Needs, Resources and Hopes; 3. Putting Chaplaincy Research into the Picture. The Dutch Case Studies Project; 4. Researching Practices. Lessons from Dutch Youth Care; 5. Up and Down the Participation Ladder. The Use of Narratives in Collaborative Research; 6. The Science of the Particular; II. From Methodology to Initial Findings; 7. Chaplains’ Case Study Research. Building Towards a Theory of Chaplaincy Care? 8. Comparing Multiple Case Studies of (Military) Chaplaincy Care. Methodological issues; 9. Professional Proximity. Seeking a Balance between Relation and Content in Spiritual Counseling; 10. Effects of Health Care Chaplaincy. A Qualitative Study with Case Reports; III. Case Studies and Critical Issues; 11. Personal Experiences in Writing a Case Study; 12. With an Open Mind for the Unexpected. Prison Chaplaincy: a Case Study. 13. Is MacDonald’s Freedom? 14. Agreement is Agreement? Moral Counseling in a Life-Threatening Dilemma; 15. You Can Remove a Person from the War, But Not the War from a Person; IV. Case Studies Research and Professionalism; 16. What Does Participation in the Case Studies Project Mean for One’s Professionalism? Preliminary Findings and Topics; 17. Interdisciplinary Work in Chaplaincy Care; 18. Towards a Distinct Professional Identity. What Chaplains Have Learned in Flanders Case Study Research; 19. What Are Chaplains Learning by Producing Case Studies? 20. ‘Oneself as Another’. Combining the Roles of Chaplain and Researcher in the Dutch Case Studies Project; 21. Epilogue. Developing the Case;