Wendy Cadge

Wendy Cadge is an author at Religion News Service.

All Stories by Wendy Cadge

Who’s giving Americans spiritual care? As congregational attendance shrinks, it’s often chaplains

By Wendy Cadge — December 9, 2022
(The Conversation) — Chaplains have always provided spiritual care outside traditional houses of worship, but their significance is growing as Americans’ religious identities change.

How the role and visibility of chaplains changed over the past century

By Wendy Cadge and Michael Skaggs — June 1, 2022
(The Conversation) — Chaplaincy emerged as a professional field in the mid-20th century. In the years since, their roles have evolved and they have also come to include many diverse religious traditions.

What Harvard’s humanist chaplain shows about atheism in America

By Wendy Cadge and Penny Edgell — September 27, 2021
(The Conversation) — Americans are getting more comfortable with new forms of spirituality, but their views of atheists are still complicated.
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