DISASTER SPIRITUAL CARE
Practical Clergy Responses to Community, Regional and National Tragedy
Edited by Rabbi Stephen B. Roberts and Rev. Willard W.C. Ashley, Sr., DMin, DH
The first comprehensive resource for pastoral care in the face of disaster and the definitive guidebook for counseling not only the victims of disaster but also the clergy and caregivers of all faith traditions who are called to serve them.
- Offers theological perspectives and disaster response theories, research and concepts from innovative Buddhist, Christian, Jewish, Muslim and other contributors
- Integrates the classic foundations of pastoral care with the unique challenges of disaster response on community, regional and national levels
- Provides a comprehensive explanation of a disaster’s lifecycle and how spiritual care changes following a disaster
Now available from Skylight Paths Publishing (discounts available for quantity orders), Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and elsewhere.
The Editors
Stephen B. Roberts is chairman emeritus and a founder of Disaster Chaplaincy Services, a partnership program within the Red Cross of Greater New York. He is associate executive vice president of the New York Board of Rabbis overseeing the Jack D. Weiler Chaplaincy Program and a past president of the National Association of Jewish Chaplains. He taught extensively on disaster spiritual care and was the primary researcher for the only published peer-review research on the impact of disasters on spiritual care providers.
Willard W. C. Ashley Sr., a psychotherapist, is the founder and senior pastor of the Abundant Joy Community Church in City, New Jersey. He was project director for Care for the Caregivers Interfaith Program, the largest clergy resiliency program in the United States, created to assist caregivers in New York after 9/11. He also serves as a consultant on disaster recovery and clergy self-care to the Dutch Government (Impact Foundation), Israel, the president of South Korea, congregations, and Fortune 100 companies; and is a board member of Disaster Chaplaincy Services.