Changing Chaplaincy: a Contribution to Debate over the Roles of US and British Military Chaplains in Afghanistan

This article addresses the challenges presented to NATO military chaplains in conflicts waged in majority-Muslim countries, focusing on the British and US experience in Afghanistan. Though the two militaries have quite different formal guidelines for chaplains about relations with local populations,...

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Authors: Gutkowski, Stacey (Author) ; Wilkes, George (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge 2011
In: Religion, state & society
Year: 2011, Volume: 39, Issue: 1, Pages: 111-124
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