Download or read book Anton T. Boisen (1876-1965) Cooperative Inquiry Amid the Complex Entanglements of Actual Life written by Robert Charles Powell and published by . This book was released on 2021-05-23 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anton T. Boisen (1876-1965). Cooperative Inquiry: Amid the Complex Entanglements of Actual Life [2nd ed]. {a collection of 10 essays, from 1975, 1999, 2001, 2011, 2011, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2013, & 2017}; Anton Theophilus Boisen (1876-1965) "invented" - in 1925 - "clinical pastoral chaplaincy" - the notion of a professional chaplaincy - initially for hospitals, prisons, the military, and other institutions - but soon also for community parish settings. These specialized chaplains minister to all who are suffering, bewildered, or vulnerable - providing clinical pastoral care, counseling, or psychotherapy, as appropriate. Boisen also pioneered a therapeutic approach of "cooperative inquiry" - a kind of collaborative "research" by the patient and the therapist - working "side-by-side" - toward understanding an unusual experience. "Cooperative Inquiry in Religion" (1945) was one of the most thoughtful of Boisen's many, many articles in the fields of psychology, sociology, and theology. He emphasized that "Religious experience can and should be studied before it has gathered dust on library shelves" - and that "the living human documents" - sometimes being patients - "are the primary sources for the understanding of human nature". This volume includes a classic review of Boisen's intended program of actions (delivered on the 50th anniversary of clinical pastoral chaplaincy) - plus an analytic sequel delivered not quite 25 years later. The whole notion of maintaining a critical stance within chaplaincy - toward improving it - is emphasized - within an atmosphere of "tolerance and encouragement".