“Nurturing the Living”
Read an Aug. 21, 2007, Christianity Today article about the shortage of Army chaplains.
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“Not Just Chaplains”
Read an Aug. 21, 2007, Christianity Today article about parachurch groups’ outreach to troops and their families.
“Army Chaplain Boot Camp”
View an April 4, 2008, Religion & Ethics Newsweekly story about Army chaplain training.
Marguerite Van Die
Van Die is a professor of history and theology in the department of History at Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, Canada. Her specialization is in Methodist tradition and history in Canada, 19th century religion, gender and class.
“Religion and Its Role Are in Dispute at the Service Academies”
Read a June 25, 2008, New York Times story about allegations of religious pressure at the Army and Navy service academies.
Howard Snyder
Snyder is a professor of Wesley Studies at Tyndale University College and Seminary, Toronto, ON, Canada. His expertise is in Wesleyan theology, history and theology of mission, church renewal, and historical theology.
“Accommodating Faith in the Military”
Read a transcript of a July 3, 2008, interview with George Washington University church-state expert Robert Tuttle about current issues of faith in the military, posted at the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life.
“Muslim Chaplains Serve Various Roles During Deployment”
Read an Aug. 29, 2008, American Forces Press Service story from the U.S. Department of Defense about Muslim chaplains.
Phyllis Airhart
Airhart is an Associate Professor of History of Christianity at Emmanuel College, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. Her interests include North American Christianity, Methodism, religion and public life, and the history of spirituality.