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The role of military chaplains has changed over the past decade as Western militaries have deployed to highly religious environments such as East Africa, Afghanistan, and Iraq. By looking at the rapidly changing role of the military chaplain, this volume raises issues critical to U.S. foreign and national security policy and diplomacy.
List of contents
Foreword, Major General Douglas Carver (ret.), former U.S. Army Chief of Chaplains
Chapter 1: Introduction: The Modern Military Chaplaincy in the Era of Intervention and Terrorism, Eric Patterson
Chapter 2: Yesterday and Today: Understanding the Role and Influence of the U.S. Military Chaplaincy, Pauletta Otis
Chapter 3: Chaplains Advising Warfighters on Culture and Religion, Dayne Nix
Chapter 4: Beginnings: The Army Chaplaincy Responds to the War on Terrorism, Eric Keller
Chapter 5: The Iraq Inter-Religious Congress and the Baghdad Accords, Micheal Hoyt
Chapter 6: Building National Capacity: Training Afghan Chaplains, Steven Moore
Chapter 7: Religious Advisement and Religious Leader Engagement in the Horn of Africa, Jon Cutler
Chapter 8: Advising Generals at the CENTCOM Center of Excellence, David West
Chapter 9: Spiritual Resiliency: Findings from the U.S. Army "Health of the Force" Surveys (2008-present), Eric Wester
Chapter 10: Spiritual and Professional Formation Under Stres
About the author
Eric Patterson is dean of the School of Government and associate professor of political science at Regent University. He is also senior research fellow at Georgetown University’s Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs. He is the author or editor of nine books, including Ending Wars Well: Just War Thinking and Post-Conflict (2012) and a Choice Highly Recommended Title, Ethics Beyond War's End ( 2012). Patterson served as a White House Fellow and at the State Department’s Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, and has nearly seventeen years of continuing service as an officer in the Air National Guard. He has been a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies. About the contributors Rabbi Captain
Summary
The role of military chaplains has changed over the past decade as Western militaries have deployed to highly religious environments such as East Africa, Afghanistan, and Iraq. By looking at the rapidly changing role of the military chaplain, this volume raises issues critical to U.S. foreign and national security policy and diplomacy.
