Chaplaincy and Seafarers

Helen Sampson is a Professor at the School of Social Sciences at Cardiff University. She is the Director of the Seafarers International Research Centre.Nelson Turgo is a Research Associate at the Seafarers International Research Centre in the School of Social Sciences at Cardiff University.Wendy Cadge is Barbara Mandel Professor of the Humanistic Social Sciences in the Department of Sociology at Brandeis University.Sophie Gilliat-Ray is Professor of Religious & Theological Studies at Cardiff University, and the Director of the Centre for the Study of Islam in the UK.

Chaplaincy and Seafarers is an invaluable contribution to the historiography of maritime people, not least as mobile subjects handling complex emotions. I hope that scholars working on the past, inspired by Bristol University's current project, 'Mariners: Religion, Race and Empire in British Ports, 1801-1914', will choose this account of the present as their starting point.2 This book will provide an eye-opening introduction to those new to thinking about how societies and carers cared for seafarers and their carers in the past.

• Introduction Part One: Port Chaplaincy Services and the Work of Port Chaplains 1: The origins of British port chaplaincy 2: The work of contemporary port chaplains 3: The motivations and aspirations of port chaplains and volunteers Part Two: Seafarers' Faith and Welfare 4: The negotiation of differences in faith on board cargo vessels 5: The significance of faith and support services for seafarers at sea Part Three: Contextualising Port Chaplaincy 6: Port chaplaincy and the wider community 7: Practical ecumenical cooperation amongst organizations providing port chaplaincy 8: Port chaplaincy: what makes it distinctive? Conclusion