Military Chaplaincy in an Era of Religious Pluralism
Military–Religious Nexus in Asia, Europe, and USA
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9780199470747
Publication date:
30/12/2016
Hardback
280 pages
Torkel Brekke, Vladimir Tikhonov
This book is among the first collective monographs dealing with chaplaincy—the key nexus between society, its religion(s), and its armed forces. A variety of contributions based on the materials from diverse Asian and Western societies demonstrates how chaplaincies both mirror the attitudes of their societies towards military and religion and contribute to shape them.
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Torkel Brekke, Vladimir Tikhonov
Description
Present-day militaries are often microcosms of the societies that maintain them. Unsurprising then that the armed forces have to come to terms with the question of religion, a subject that has increasingly become of importance in modern nation states.
At the very heart of these connections between the armed forces, religion, and society is the institution of military chaplaincy. Acting as spiritual guides, military chaplains contribute to war efforts by espousing the legitimacy of state violence and preserving the mental health of soldiers. Their role in performing the last rites of the fallen is also of paramount importance Through cross-cultural analysis and taking into account the diversities of military chaplaincies, this volume examines how they mirror societal attitudes towards the armed forces and also contribute in shaping them. Comparing the varied cultural and political contexts of the USA, India, Slovenia, South Korea, Japan, and many other countries, the book takes a pioneering step towards broadening the horizons of existing scholarship in this field.
About the Editors
Torkel Brekke is Deputy Director and Research Professor at the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO), Norway. He is the author of several books, among them Faithonomics: Religion and the Free Market (2016) and Fundamentalism: Prophecy and Protest in an Age of Globalization (2012).
Vladimir Tikhonov is Professor at the University of Oslo. Recently, he published Modern Korea and Its Others: Perceptions of the Neighbouring Countries and Korean Modernity (2015) and co-edited (with Torkel Brekke) Buddhism and Violence: Militarism and Buddhism in Modern Asia (2012).
Torkel Brekke, Vladimir Tikhonov
Table of contents
Series Note
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Military Chaplaincy in Comparative Perspective
Torkel Brekke
1. Religious Teachers in the Indian Army
Torkel Brekke
2. Religious Plurality and the Slovenian Military Chaplaincy
Gorazd Andrejč and George R. Wilkes
3. Paths Untrodden in Japanese Buddhist Chaplaincy to the Imperial Military
Micah Auerback
4. ‘Operation Dhamma’: The Sri Lankan Armed Forces as an instrument of Buddhist Nationalism
Iselin Frydenlund
5. Military Rabbis as Community Builders: The Israeli Case
Ori Goldberg
6. The Divine Is in the Details: Managing Religion in Pluralizing Militaries
Kim Philip Hansen
7. Pluralistic Permutations: The Thai Buddhist Military Chaplaincy
Michael Jerryson
8. From Confessional to Concessional: The Adaptation to Religious Pluralism by the Chaplaincy of the Norwegian Armed Forces
Bård Mæland and Nils Terje Lunde
9. Religion in the Sepoy Army of British India
Kaushik Roy
10. Twilight of the Padres: The End of British Military Chaplaincy in India
Michael Snape
11. South Korean Military Chaplaincy in the 1950–70s: Religion as Ideology?
Vladimir Tikhonov
Index
Notes on Editors and Contributors
Torkel Brekke, Vladimir Tikhonov
Description
Present-day militaries are often microcosms of the societies that maintain them. Unsurprising then that the armed forces have to come to terms with the question of religion, a subject that has increasingly become of importance in modern nation states.
At the very heart of these connections between the armed forces, religion, and society is the institution of military chaplaincy. Acting as spiritual guides, military chaplains contribute to war efforts by espousing the legitimacy of state violence and preserving the mental health of soldiers. Their role in performing the last rites of the fallen is also of paramount importance Through cross-cultural analysis and taking into account the diversities of military chaplaincies, this volume examines how they mirror societal attitudes towards the armed forces and also contribute in shaping them. Comparing the varied cultural and political contexts of the USA, India, Slovenia, South Korea, Japan, and many other countries, the book takes a pioneering step towards broadening the horizons of existing scholarship in this field.
About the Editors
Torkel Brekke is Deputy Director and Research Professor at the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO), Norway. He is the author of several books, among them Faithonomics: Religion and the Free Market (2016) and Fundamentalism: Prophecy and Protest in an Age of Globalization (2012).
Vladimir Tikhonov is Professor at the University of Oslo. Recently, he published Modern Korea and Its Others: Perceptions of the Neighbouring Countries and Korean Modernity (2015) and co-edited (with Torkel Brekke) Buddhism and Violence: Militarism and Buddhism in Modern Asia (2012).
Table of contents
Series Note
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Military Chaplaincy in Comparative Perspective
Torkel Brekke
1. Religious Teachers in the Indian Army
Torkel Brekke
2. Religious Plurality and the Slovenian Military Chaplaincy
Gorazd Andrejč and George R. Wilkes
3. Paths Untrodden in Japanese Buddhist Chaplaincy to the Imperial Military
Micah Auerback
4. ‘Operation Dhamma’: The Sri Lankan Armed Forces as an instrument of Buddhist Nationalism
Iselin Frydenlund
5. Military Rabbis as Community Builders: The Israeli Case
Ori Goldberg
6. The Divine Is in the Details: Managing Religion in Pluralizing Militaries
Kim Philip Hansen
7. Pluralistic Permutations: The Thai Buddhist Military Chaplaincy
Michael Jerryson
8. From Confessional to Concessional: The Adaptation to Religious Pluralism by the Chaplaincy of the Norwegian Armed Forces
Bård Mæland and Nils Terje Lunde
9. Religion in the Sepoy Army of British India
Kaushik Roy
10. Twilight of the Padres: The End of British Military Chaplaincy in India
Michael Snape
11. South Korean Military Chaplaincy in the 1950–70s: Religion as Ideology?
Vladimir Tikhonov
Index
Notes on Editors and Contributors
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