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SCIS, Professionalising Spiritual Care 2025.pdf
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Professionalising Muslim Spiritual Care : Swiss and Bosnian Experiences

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  • Fribourg : SZIG/CSIS, 2025
Spiritual Care
Islam
Switzerland
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Military chaplaincy
Hospital pastoral care
Prison chaplaincy
English Spiritual care - recognised by the WHO as a dimension of health - has grown significantly as European societies become more religiously diverse, individualised, and secular, prompting a need for new models of interprofessional and interreligious cooperation. This study examines the professionalisation of Muslim spiritual care in public institutions in Switzerland and Bosnia-Herzegovina, focusing on three sectors: the armed forces, healthcare, and prisons. Based on 22 semistructured interviews and a joint, praxis-oriented research design, it identifies the institutional frameworks, everyday practices, and key challenges shaping spiritual care in two distinct yet connected national contexts. When conducting the interviews, legal, country-specific and institution-specific conditions were taken into account.
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Faculty
Rectorat
Department
Centre Suisse Islam et Société
Language
  • English
Classification
Religion, theology
Series statement
  • SZIG/CSIS-Studies ; 15
License
CC BY-NC
Open access status
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Persistent URL
https://folia.unifr.ch/unifr/documents/333871
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