Seafarers draw support from chaplains – research

SEAFARERS of different faiths and no faith rely on support from port chaplains in coping with what is often dangerous work in challenging institutionalized workplace settings, research from Cardiff University has found.

Onboard ship, religious beliefs, and attitudes are kept private but seafarers revealed to the team the ways in which many who do have a faith construct their own set of religious beliefs to cope better with living and working conditions.