Ministry of presence in the absence : the art of providing pastoral care across multiple deployed spaces

Azande  M. Sasa

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Ministry of presence in the absence : the art of providing pastoral care across multiple deployed spaces

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MLA citation style (9th ed.)

Azande M. Sasa. Ministry of Presence In the Absence : the Art of Providing Pastoral Care Across Multiple Deployed Spaces. Wesley Theological Seminary. rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/3b2e9491-4bfe-4f25-885d-90e17a5ee411?q=2020.

APA citation style (7th ed.)

A. M. Sasa. Ministry of presence in the absence : the art of providing pastoral care across multiple deployed spaces. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/3b2e9491-4bfe-4f25-885d-90e17a5ee411?q=2020

Chicago citation style (CMOS 17, author-date)

Azande M. Sasa. Ministry of Presence In the Absence : the Art of Providing Pastoral Care across Multiple Deployed Spaces. Wesley Theological Seminary. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/3b2e9491-4bfe-4f25-885d-90e17a5ee411?q=2020.

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Azande M. Sasa

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Abstract

'Ministry of presence forms the heart of the chaplain's ministerial role. Yet how does ministry of presence manifest when the chaplain is estranged from or does not have physical access to their service members? This project explored the question of ministry of presence among chaplains in highly dispersed and secure Military Intelligence units within the context of a Unitarian Universalist historico-theological framework. The research methodologies for the author's data corpus included: ethnographic research, questionnaires, focus group discussions, and expert and informal interviews. She then analyzed the results in order to glean a better understanding of the applicability of ministry of presence across multiple deployed spaces. The findings suggest that flexibility and an expanded notion of presence as interconnection, presence within, and presence as creativity, lead to greater fulfillment in performing and providing religious and spiritual support for one's deployed personnel.' -- Leaf [2].

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