Mandatory Reading
- McClelland, Kate, Call the Chaplain: Spiritual and Pastoral Caregiving in Hospitals (Norwich: Canterbury P., 2014).
- Threlfall-Holmes, M., and Mark Newitt (eds), Being a Chaplain. SPCK Library of Ministry (London: SPCK, 2011)
- Nash, Paul: Supporting Dying Children and their families (2013)
- Listening Well: The Art of Empathic Understanding (Paperback) by William R. Miller (2018).
Addition Recommended Reading material for levels 3 & 5
- The Prodigal God: Recovering the heart of the Christian faith Paperback – Timothy Keller (2009)
- A Grief Observed Readers’ Edition: With contributions from Hilary Mantel, Jessica Martin, Jenna Bailey, Rowan Williams, Kate Saunders, Francis Spufford and Maureen Freely – C.S. Lewis (2015)
- Blue: A Memoir – Keeping the Peace and Falling to Pieces by John Sutherland (2018)
- Practical Theology: An Introduction Paperback – Richard Robert Osmer (2008)
- Buckley, Anthony, Help, There’s a School in My Parish! Grove Education Series, 16 (Cambridge: Grove Books, 2013).
- Legood, G. (ed.), Chaplaincy: The Church’s Sector Ministries (London: Cassell, 1999)
- Morisy, A., Journeying Out: A new approach to Christian mission (London: Continuum, 2004)
Optional Advance reading
- Samuel, Julia, Grief Works (Penguin Random House UK 2018)
- Stanford Matthew S. Grace for the Afflicted (InterVarsity Press 2017)
- A Christian Theology of Chaplaincy Paperback – Martin Seeley John Caperon, Andrew Todd and James Walters (2017)
- Lyall, D., Integrity of Pastoral Care (London: SPCK, 2000)
- Swift, Christopher, Hospital Chaplaincy in the 21st Century: The Crisis of Spiritual Care on the NHS (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2009).
- Stoter, D., Spiritual Aspects of Health Care (London: Mosby, 1995)
- Jones, Christopher and Peter Sedgwick, eds, The Future of Criminal Justice: Resettlement, Chaplaincy, and Community (London: SPCK, 2002).
- Mack, Ronald, The Basics of Hospital Chaplaincy: A Basic Introduction and Fundamental Guide to Hospital Chaplaincy (Maitland, FL: Xulon Press, 2003)
- Torry, Malcolm, Bridgebuilders: Workplace Chaplaincy: A History (Norwich: Canterbury Press, 2010).
- Cobb, M., The Hospital Chaplain’s Handbook: A Manual of Good Practice (London: Canterbury Press, 2005)
Source Material
- On Death & Dying: What the Dying Have to Teach Doctors, Nurses, Clergy & Their Own Families Paperback –Elisabeth Kubler-Ross (2014)
- Good Grief: Helping Groups of Children When a Friend Dies – Sandra Southerland Fox (2000)