Military Chaplains and Religious Diversity [electronic resource] /
Hansen, Kim Philip.author.
Based on extensive in-depth interviews with more than thirty active duty chaplains regarding their successes, failures and conflicts, the book is about the way military chaplains handle religious diversity among the enlisted they serve and within their own corps.
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Cover; Military Chaplains and Religious Diversity; Contents; Chaplain Pseudonyms and Faith Groups; Rank of Chaplains Interviewed*; Note on Quotations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; CHAPTER 1: Military Chaplains and Their Work; Requirements and Organization; Methods, Participants, and Analytical Strategy; The Intersections of Military Chaplaincy: Religion, the Military, and the Law; Historical Overview of US Military Chaplaincy; The Chaplains' Work at the Intersection of Military and Religion; Character Guidance as Political Socialization; Counseling; New Emphasis: Operational Chaplains
Military Ceremonies and Civil ReligionSilencing the Prophetic Voice; Civil Religion and Religious Particularity; Conclusion; CHAPTER 2: Accommodating and Limiting Religion in the Military; Provide, Facilitate, and Care; Logistics and Collaboration; Time and Space for Religion; Religious Materials and Food; Being General in Service of Particularity; Chaplains and Commanding Officers; No "Whacko" Religion; Don't Antagonize Other Religious Groups; For the Sake of Safety; Conclusion; CHAPTER 3: Muslims, Witches, and Chaplains; Islam in America; Wicca in America
Islam and Wicca as Minority ReligionsIslam and Wicca in the Military; Practical Accommodation for Muslims and Wiccans; Other Muslim Needs; Affection and Prejudice: Attitudes toward Islam and Wicca; Conclusion; CHAPTER 4: Military Chaplains' Experiences with Diversity; Cooperation; Compromise; Conscience and Denominational Restrictions; Maintaining Identity in a Pluralistic Setting; Friendships in the Corps; The Joys of Diversity; Interpersonal Conflicts in the Chaplain Corps; Poor Cooperation and Failures of Facilitation; Conclusion; CHAPTER 5: Culture War in the Chaplain Corps
Evangelicals in the Military: The Sectarian Ideal and the Decline of the "General Protestant"From a Liturgical to a Litigious Chaplaincy; Individual Explanations for the Lawsuits; Structural Explanations for the Lawsuits; Religious Explanations for the Lawsuits; Proselytization; Air Force Scandal and the Military Religious Freedom Foundation; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Based on extensive in-depth interviews with more than thirty active duty chaplains regarding their successes, failures and conflicts, the book is about the way military chaplains handle religious diversity among the enlisted they serve and within their own corps.
Religion and sociology.
Religion.
Sociology.
Anthropology.
Religions.
Sociology of Religion.
Religious Studies, general.
Sociology, general.
Anthropology.
Comparative Religion.