Military Chaplains in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Beyond
Advisement and Leader Engagement in Highly Religious Environments- Editors:
- Publisher:
- 2014
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. U.S. military chaplains, who are by definition non-combatants, have been called upon by their war-fighting commanders to take on new roles beyond providing religious services to the troops. Chaplains are now also required to engage the local citizenry and provide their commanders with assessments of the religious and cultural landscape outside the base and reach out to local civilian clerics in hostile territory in pursuit of peace and understanding.
In this edited volume, practitioners and scholars chronicle the changes that have happened in the field in the twenty-first century. Using concrete examples, this volume takes a critical look at the rapidly changing role of the military chaplain, and raises issues critical to U.S. foreign and national security policy and diplomacy.
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Bibliographic data
- Copyright year
- 2014
- ISBN-Print
- 978-1-4422-3539-7
- ISBN-Online
- 978-1-4422-3540-3
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 226
- Product type
- Edited Book
Table of contents
- Contents No access
- Foreword No access
- Preface No access
- Chapter 1. The Modern Military Chaplaincy in the Era of Intervention and Terrorism No access Pages 1 - 18
- Chapter 2. Understanding the Role and Influence of U.S. Military Chaplains No access Pages 19 - 42
- Chapter 3. Chaplains Advising Warfighters on Culture and Religion No access Pages 43 - 62
- Chapter 4. Beginnings: The Army Chaplaincy and the War on Terror, 2001–2005 No access Pages 63 - 76
- Chapter 5. The Iraqi Inter-Religious Congress and the Baghdad Accords No access Pages 77 - 94
- Chapter 6. Military Chaplains as Whole-of-Government Partners No access Pages 95 - D
- Chapter 7. Peace Building through Religious Engagement in East Africa No access Pages 113 - 128
- Chapter 8. Strategic Engagement and Advisement at the CENTCOM Center of Excellence No access Pages 129 - 146
- Chapter 9. Military Chaplaincy: Religious Leadership and Character Development No access Pages 147 - 170
- Chapter 10. Occupational-Stress Coping Skills of Military Chaplains: The Role of Spiritual Intelligence No access Pages 171 - 200
- Chapter 11. Contemporary Challenges and Future Opportunities for U.S. Chaplains No access Pages 201 - 214
- Index No access Pages 215 - 220
- About the Contributors No access Pages 221 - 226





