Chaplaincy and Seafarers

This book explores the faith, work, and lives of port chaplains and seafarers. It draws on archive materials, fieldwork in ports and on cargo ships, and interviews with chaplains in the UK and overseas. The volume presents a detailed picture of seafarers'' attitudes to working in mixed faith crews, their understandings of their own faith and its role and negotiation in a life at sea, and their nee...