Religion in Uniform: A Critique of US Military Chaplaincy
Autor Edward Waggoneren Limba Engleză Hardback – 3 oct 2019
Waggoner shows that Americans' support for keeping chaplain positions in the military has always rested on a mix of political, military, and religious rationales that continue to evolve. He argues political, military, and theological reasons to eradicate bias, gender discrimination and sexual violence in the chaplain corps and to stop the use of chaplains in strategic roles abroad. Acknowledging that Christian groups are providing the strongest support for the chaplaincy's status quo, Waggoner contests the specific theological claims that underwrite their policies. He launches a new, critical and constructive discussion about US military religion for the twenty-first century.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781498596152
ISBN-10: 1498596150
Pagini: 258
Dimensiuni: 160 x 227 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.49 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Lexington Books
Locul publicării:New York, United States
ISBN-10: 1498596150
Pagini: 258
Dimensiuni: 160 x 227 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.49 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Lexington Books
Locul publicării:New York, United States
Cuprins
IntroductionUS Military Religion
Chapter 1Why the US Military Has Religion
Chapter 2Religious and Moral Diversity
Chapter 3Gender, Sexuality, and Religious Liberty
Chapter 4Religious for Allies, Hosts, and the World
Chapter 5A Theological Critique of US Military Religion
ConclusionToward a Better Future
Bibliography
About the Author
Chapter 1Why the US Military Has Religion
Chapter 2Religious and Moral Diversity
Chapter 3Gender, Sexuality, and Religious Liberty
Chapter 4Religious for Allies, Hosts, and the World
Chapter 5A Theological Critique of US Military Religion
ConclusionToward a Better Future
Bibliography
About the Author
Recenzii
The most controversial issue in the US military chaplaincy today is the refusal of so many chaplains to serve LGBT service members. Edward Waggoner argues effectively that this is legally, militarily, and religiously unacceptable. Anyone who is serious about issues of gender and sexuality, religious diversity, and power in the military chaplaincy will need to consider Waggoner's arguments. This is a thoroughly documented, scholarly compendium on US military chaplaincy, past and present. A must-read for students, scholars, chaplains, and advocates for religious ministry in the military.
A work of political theology, Ed Waggoner's book is a wake-up call to American Christians, imploring us to rethink the rationale for military chaplaincy as it is presently operating in the United States. While the wars of the 20th century prompted extensive theological reflections from America's leading theologians, Waggoner breaks the current silence by highlighting the complex 21st century roles that chaplains are playing in the most pressing legal and political issues of our day: religious diversity, policies on gender and sexuality, and religion and global politics. Crisp in style, provocative in tone, and ambitious in scope, Religion in Uniform cuts to the core of Christian teachings and examines our collective conscience.
The work of chaplains in the United States military affects lives around the world in ways that are unknown to most of us, supporters and critics alike. The multiple conversations begun in this book, engaging historical developments including recent expansions of military chaplaincies in service of "full-spectrum dominance," provide first steps toward much-needed transformation.
This ground-breaking work is a wake-up call to the American public. It offers us deep research and nuanced suggestions for a major overhaul of military chaplaincy so that we can guard the religious freedom of all who serve, offer spiritual care to increasingly diverse generations who enlist, and resist the exploitation of religion as an instrument of the military goal of full-spectrum global dominance.
A work of political theology, Ed Waggoner's book is a wake-up call to American Christians, imploring us to rethink the rationale for military chaplaincy as it is presently operating in the United States. While the wars of the 20th century prompted extensive theological reflections from America's leading theologians, Waggoner breaks the current silence by highlighting the complex 21st century roles that chaplains are playing in the most pressing legal and political issues of our day: religious diversity, policies on gender and sexuality, and religion and global politics. Crisp in style, provocative in tone, and ambitious in scope, Religion in Uniform cuts to the core of Christian teachings and examines our collective conscience.
The work of chaplains in the United States military affects lives around the world in ways that are unknown to most of us, supporters and critics alike. The multiple conversations begun in this book, engaging historical developments including recent expansions of military chaplaincies in service of "full-spectrum dominance," provide first steps toward much-needed transformation.
This ground-breaking work is a wake-up call to the American public. It offers us deep research and nuanced suggestions for a major overhaul of military chaplaincy so that we can guard the religious freedom of all who serve, offer spiritual care to increasingly diverse generations who enlist, and resist the exploitation of religion as an instrument of the military goal of full-spectrum global dominance.