ATS's Colloquy Online

The Center for Chaplaincy Studies has been featured twice in Colloquy Online, the official publication of the Association of Theological Schools (ATS). These articles were requested by ATS to highlight our innovative approaches to chaplaincy education. One article explored the unique partnership model we use to support theological schools and their students, while the other focused on how our courses address the growing demand for chaplaincy training in diverse and evolving contexts.

"There was not one pastoral care course in seminary that even comes close to the class I took through the Center for Chaplaincy Studies.... The Chaplaincy course on death and dying enhanced, not only the skill set required in providing pastoral care, it also expanded my capacity for meeting the needs of those who are suffering."

—Gayle Basten (2024 CCS Student)

“This course spoke to me on many levels of grief. One particular area that resonated with me was the disappearance of Black women and girls as an example of ambiguous losses that are rarely discussed, and this course played a significant role in my understanding of the situation. It pointed me in the direction of how ambiguous losses apply to missing Black women and girls. It also guided my research in assisting me in showing the lack of enthusiasm with which missing Black women or girls are addressed is a result of the intersectionality that is associated with both race and gender (and class) and is relevant to gender-based violence in both the United States and other countries."

— Arlicia Corley (2024 CCS Student)