The Changing Role of Protestant Military Chaplaincy in Germany: from Raising Military Morale to Praying for Peace

Focusing on Lutheran chaplaincy, I argue that the German Protestant Church expects chaplains to be the moral conscience of the army. To facilitate this role, and to ensure that the chaplains' own consciences are never again blunted by their environment, the chaplaincy is designed to prevent cle...

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Main Author: Dörfler-Dierken, Angelika (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge 2011
In: Religion, state & society
Year: 2011, Volume: 39, Issue: 1, Pages: 79-91
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