View an April 4, 2008, Religion & Ethics Newsweekly story about Army chaplain training.

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.

Read a June 25, 2008, New York Times story about allegations of religious pressure at the Army and Navy service academies.

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.

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.

Read an Aug. 29, 2008, American Forces Press Service story from the U.S. Department of Defense about Muslim chaplains.

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.

Read a 2004 report that includes religious preferences in the military (see Page 25). The report found that service personnel were less likely than the general population to have a religious affiliation.

Read the U.S. Department of Defense Directive 1300.17, which governs the accommodation of religious practices in the military services.