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Military chaplains in Afghanistan, Iraq, and beyond : advisement and leader engagement in highly religious environments / edited by Eric Patterson ; foreword by Major General Douglas Carver (ret.).

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Peace and security in the 21st century seriesPublisher: Lanham, MD : Rowman and Littlefield, [2014]Description: 1 online resource (xii, 226 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781442235403
  • 1442235403
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Military chaplains in Afghanistan, Iraq, and beyond.DDC classification:
  • 355.3/470973 23
LOC classification:
  • UH23
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  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Foreword by Major General Douglas Carver (ret.), former U.S. Army Chief of Chaplains -- Introduction: the modern military chaplaincy in the era of intervention and terrorism / Eric Patterson -- Yesterday and today: understanding the role and influence of the U.S. military chaplaincy / Pauletta Otis -- Chaplains advising warfighters on culture and religion / Dayne Nix -- Beginnings: the Army chaplaincy responds to the War on Terrorism / Eric Keller -- The Iraq Inter-Religious Congress and the Baghdad Accords / Micheal Hoyt -- Building national capacity: training Afghan chaplains / Steven Moore -- Religious advisement and religious leader engagement in the Horn of Africa / Jon Cutler -- Advising generals at the CENTCOM Center of Excellence / David West -- Spiritual resiliency: findings from the U.S. Army "Health of the Force" Surveys (2008-present) / Eric Wester -- Spiritual and professional formation under stress: a survey of military chaplains / Gary Roberts and L. Diane Hess-Hernandez -- Chaplains, religion, and the study of international relations / Jason Klocek and Ronald Hassner.
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.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)830551

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword by Major General Douglas Carver (ret.), former U.S. Army Chief of Chaplains -- Introduction: the modern military chaplaincy in the era of intervention and terrorism / Eric Patterson -- Yesterday and today: understanding the role and influence of the U.S. military chaplaincy / Pauletta Otis -- Chaplains advising warfighters on culture and religion / Dayne Nix -- Beginnings: the Army chaplaincy responds to the War on Terrorism / Eric Keller -- The Iraq Inter-Religious Congress and the Baghdad Accords / Micheal Hoyt -- Building national capacity: training Afghan chaplains / Steven Moore -- Religious advisement and religious leader engagement in the Horn of Africa / Jon Cutler -- Advising generals at the CENTCOM Center of Excellence / David West -- Spiritual resiliency: findings from the U.S. Army "Health of the Force" Surveys (2008-present) / Eric Wester -- Spiritual and professional formation under stress: a survey of military chaplains / Gary Roberts and L. Diane Hess-Hernandez -- Chaplains, religion, and the study of international relations / Jason Klocek and Ronald Hassner.

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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.

English.