For God and Country
Dennis Hoover Wednesday, 16 December 2009
[T]here's a spiritual dynamic that I think often we, and I'm speaking of American military forces, fail to take into account ... We're in a war. But this is a war where you can't kill enough people to win because this has a spiritual motivation to it.... That means we have to take seriously religious leaders. We have to take seriously the religious worldview of people.
—Chaplain (MAJ) John Morris, May 24, 2007
Military chaplains face new challenges and growing expectations as they operate in multi-faith contexts abroad. The policies governing the military chaplaincy, and the effectiveness with which the chaplains carry out these policies, are increasingly relevant to the readiness, strategic thinking, and on-the-ground performance of military forces. As such, it is perhaps not surprising that in recent years there have been calls for military chaplains to expand their role as inter-religious liaisons and as advisors to commanders on religious affairs.
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