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

  • Written by Wendy Cadge, Professor of Sociology and Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Brandeis University
imageA chaplain hugs a registered nurse at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in Los Angeles.Mario Tama/Getty Images News via Getty Images

When Americans picture a chaplain, many of them likely think of someone like Father Mulcahy, the Irish American priest who cared for Korean War soldiers in the classic TV show “M.A.S.H.”

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