How the role and visibility of chaplains changed over the past century
- Written by Wendy Cadge, Professor of Sociology and Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Brandeis University
A chaplain prays for a COVID-19 patient in Los Angeles while on a video call with the patient's daughter in November 2020.AP Photo/Jae C. HongThe COVID-19 pandemic brought new attention to the work of chaplains.
Before the pandemic, as an article in The New York Times put it, the place of the hospital chaplain was “at the bedside, holding a...
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