“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.
“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.
“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.
“America’s Military Population”
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.
Department of Defense Instruction Number 1300:17
Read the U.S. Department of Defense Directive 1300.17, which governs the accommodation of religious practices in the military services.
Jewel L. Spangler
Spangler was an associate professor in the history department at the University of Calgary in Canada. She has published on Baptist theology and history in the U.S. She is also knowledgable in Anglican and evangelical theology.