Handbook for Chaplains: Comfort My People

by Mary M. Toole

This book is a concise source of information on eight different faith traditions. For each tradition, there is a brief outline of the principle beliefs, something about birth, the diet regulations, sickness, dying/death, and appropriate prayers that could be said with patients. †

Genres: Religion

96 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 2006

Reviews

[Sunnie · Rating 5 out of 5]

A very concise, pocket sized book that should prove invaluable to chaplains as they are called on to minister to people of different faiths than their own. This delightful booklet contains eight different faith traditions, and includes such pertinent information as views on birth, diet regulations, sickness, and dying and death, along with appropriate prayers. It also contains information regarding cremation, autopsies, and organ donations as they apply to the respective faiths. Okay, so you can read most of that on the back cover of the book. What you won't read is the depth, and grace contained within. This booklet could easily be tucked into a bible case, communion box, or pocket. An invaluable tool for police chaplains, military personnel, hospital chaplains, etc. Highly recommended both for ease of use, as well as an more in-depth perspective than a book of prayers.

[Rick Lee Lee James · Rating 5 out of 5]

A Helpful Handbook for All Faiths

As a hospital chaplain, I minister to numerous faiths. This handbook is a wonderful to for being a perfect stranger with those whom I minister to both inside and outside of my faith tradition. I recommend it for the kindle app so it can be carried easily on a chaplain’s phone and accessed any time.

[Delia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great examples. ❤️❤️❤️

[Jeff Bobin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Limited information and far tooo many generalizations.

[Jean Marie Angelo · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a gift from my mentor and director in my hospital chaplaincy program. This slim prayer book is surprisingly thorough in its simple summaries of major religious beliefs and key prayers. It is always with me during my visits.

[Mason Wren · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a helpful, compact, reference-like book with brief summaries of important information (beliefs, prayers, and practices concerning birth, diet, sickness, and death) from some of the most well-known faiths (Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Jehovah's Witness, Judaism, Orthodox Christianity, and Roman Catholicism). It was helpful for me as I was first starting out as a chaplain to get a taste of the various faith practices and cultures.