ABSTRACT
Megan Smith writes out of her context as a university chaplain, arguing that there is a need to develop theological foundations for that ministry. Much of what she is doing in this article is clearing the ground for the laying of those foundations. In doing so, she articulates some of the distinctive features of the higher education context of chaplaincy. Her literature-based research, which draws on her practitioner-based knowledge of the field, highlights the lack of a consistent theological basis for the work, and posits practical theology as ‘bi-directional discourse’ to address this perceived lack.
