Rev. Dr. Monica Sanford has just sent me the table of contents for volume II of her Buddhist chaplaincy textbook, Kalyanamitra: A Model for Buddhist Spiritual Care. We are aiming for editing to be completed in June, which means it will be published this summer, 2021! Here's what will be inside:
Kalyanamitra: A Model for Buddhist Spiritual CareVolume II: Praxis Table of Contents
Dedication / Acknowledgements / Introduction
Chapter 1: Pragmatic Skills for Every Context
Presence
Not Being Present
Being Present in Meditation & Daily Life
Being Present in Spiritual Care
Being Present for Yourself: Reflexivity
Listening & Responding
Not Listening
Listening
Responding Appropriately
Responding to Difficulty
Empathy & Compassion
On Being Open-Hearted
Four Divine Abodes
Empathic Contagion, Burnout, Vicarious Trauma, & Compassion Fatigue
Empathic Connection & Compassion Satisfaction
Spiritual Assessment
Christian & Jewish Models
Psychological & Medical Models
Buddhist Models
Creating Your Own Model
Charting & Note-Keeping
Personal & Professional Boundaries
Confidentiality
Transference, Countertransference, & Transgression
Healthy Boundaries at Work & Home
Making Effective Referrals
Spiritual Leadership
How to Be a Good Follower
Models for Leadership
Spiritual Authority in Spiritual Care
Spiritual Humility in Empowering Leaders
Conclusion & Reflection
Chapter 2: Pragmatic Skills for Particular Contexts
Ritual & Prayer
Types of Prayer
Ritual Theory in Brief
Private Rituals & Prayers
Public Rituals & Prayers
For Nurturing the Chaplain
Interreligious Competencies
Not-Knowing & Beginner’s Mind
Knowing & Responsible Learning
Personal Inter-religious Dialogue
Commonalities & Idiosyncrasies
Cultural Competencies
Your Assumptions & Biases
Other People’s Assumption & Biases
Cultural Humility in Spiritual Care
Educating Oneself & Asking Others
Power, Privilege, & Difference
Working with Your Privilege
Working with Other’s Privilege
Working with Your Oppression
Working with Other’s Oppression
Practical Psychology for Chaplains
Buddhist Psychology
Modern Theories of Human Development
Human Flourishing & Positive Psychology
Common Human Problems
Pathology & A Chaplains’ Scope of Care
Conclusion & Reflection
Chapter 3: Becoming a Buddhist Chaplain
Spiritual Formation
By the Time You Turn Ten
Buddhist Paths
Becoming a Chaplain
Sharing Your Story with Others
Your Noble Eightfold Path
Refuge
Wisdom
Moral Discipline
Meditation
Articulating Your Paradigm for Care
Why Paradigms
What Paradigms
Finding Your Paradigm
Making Your Paradigm
Wisdom for Compassion
Chaplaincy as Path
Use of Self & Non-Self in Spiritual Care
Skillful Means in Inter-Religious Care
The Power of Vows
Education & Training
Selecting a Degree Program
Certificates & Non-degree Programs
Clinical Pastoral Education
Professional Formation
Job Seeking & Employment
Standards of Professional Practice
Board Certification
Finding Your Professional Home (by Sector)
Negotiating Working Conditions
Conclusion & Reflection
Chapter 4: Developing a Field of Buddhist Chaplaincy
Buddhist “Practical Theology”
Osmer Meets Shakyamuni
Dwelling on “Theology”
Recapitulating the Four Truths & Three Prajñās
On Being Wrong
Buddhist Spiritual Care as an Academic Field
The Field So Far
Christian Hegemony in the Academy
Religious Studies, “Theology,” & the Scholar-Practitioner
The Need for Research
Buddhist Chaplaincy as a Profession
The Profession so Far
Christian Hegemony in the Profession
Overcoming Isolation & Fragmentation
Building a Buddhist Chaplains Network
Buddhist Diversity Shaping the Field
“Mindfulness” Is Everywhere
Alternatives to Theo-centrism
Racism & Sexism within Buddhism
On Teaching, Managing, & Leading “Up”
Conclusion & Reflection
Appendices
Bibliography
Index