The impact of faith-based pastoral care in decreasingly religious contexts: The Australian chaplaincy advantage in critical environments

MD Layson, LB Carey, MC Best - Journal of religion and health, 2023 - Springer
This article considers the contribution of faith-based chaplains who provide holistic pastoral
and spiritual care within critical environments such as the military, first responders, and …

Military Perspectives on the Provision of Spiritual Care in the Australian Defence Force: A Cross-Sectional Study

MC Best, KT Leach, M Layson, LB Carey - Journal of Religion and Health, 2024 - Springer
A module to explore perspectives on chaplaincy services was included in an online
enterprise survey randomly distributed to members of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) …

Now More Than Ever:" Fit for Purpose"

M Layson, L Carey, M Best - 2023 - opal.latrobe.edu.au
It is increasingly reported that organised religion is fading in Western countries, and
Australia is no exception to this. The Australian Bureau of Statistics reports that “no religion” …

Militarizing politics of recognition through the Invictus Games: post-heroic exalting of the armed forces

B West - American Journal of Cultural Sociology, 2022 - Springer
Abstract The Invictus Games is an international sporting competition involving military
veterans who have become either wounded, injured or sick during their service. Having …

[PDF][PDF] Prologue: Enduring Fitness

PD AM Jaensch - FIT FOR PURPOSE!, 2023 - army.gov.au
Assoc. Prof. Megan C. Best: BMed (Hons), GradDipQHR, MA, PhD., is a researcher at the
Institute for Ethics and Society at the University of Notre Dame, Sydney, Australia. She also …