Title:
Religion in the military worldwide
Publication Information:
New York : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
Physical Description:
vii, 248 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
ISBN:
9781107037021
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Summary
Summary
How does religion affect the lives of professional soldiers? How does religion shape militaries, their organization, procedures, and performance? This volume is the first to address these questions by comparing religious symbols and practices in nine countries: Japan, Canada, the United Kingdom, Pakistan, Israel, Iran, India, the United States, and Turkey. The contributors explore how and why soldiers pray, the role of religious rituals prior to battle, the functions that chaplains perform, the effects of religion on recruitment and unit formation, and how militaries grapple with ensuing constitutional dilemmas.
Table of Contents
Introduction |
1 Religion in the military: challenges and opportunitiesRon E. Hassner |
Part I Rituals, Beliefs, and Practices |
2 JapanAaron Skabelund and Akito Ishikawa |
3 CanadaJoanne Benham Rennick |
4 United KingdomVictor Dobbin and Stephen Deakin |
Part II Religious Demographics in the Armed Forces |
5 PakistanC. Christine Fair |
6 IsraelStuart A. Cohen |
Part III Religion and Military Operations |
7 IranMahsa Rouhi |
8 IndiaAmit Ahuja |
Part IV Constitutional Challenges |
9 United StatesMartin L. Cook |
10 United StatesPauletta Otis |
11 TurkeyAysegül Komsuoglu and Gül Kurtoglu Eskisar |
Conclusion |
12 Promising themes, future approachesEric Patterson |