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‘Three Chaplains’ takes hard look at US military experience of Muslims
'I’m hoping that the film will provide a means to initiate conversations that haven’t been had before.'
By Sarah Sicard
TikTok-famous: Meet the Army’s first Muslim chaplain to reach full colonel
Col. Khallid Shabazz's career has been a series of firsts.
By Davis Winkie
Letter to the editor: Countering Army chaplain’s views on transgender community
There are countless chaplains who do not hold the same views as an Army chaplain who recently spoke out about transgender troops, says the author of this letter, who is a transgender active-duty Army chaplain.
National Guard chaplains reflect on Floyd protests, lessons learned
Chaplains say they’re working on two main lessons learned from those tumultuous times.
By Giovanna Dell'Orto
Pentagon unveils new religious liberty policies after pressure from conservative lawmakers
While critics of the new regulation are concerned that this will encourage military superiors to push their religious beliefs on their fellow service members, proponents of the rule have hailed it a victory for religious liberty.
By Diana Stancy
Stop the ‘knee-jerk’ reactions to ‘anti-religion activists,’ 20 congressmen tell senior DoD leaders
Lawmakers asked the Pentagon to stop appeasing “anti-religion activists," citing recent complaints made by an advocacy group amid the coronavirus pandemic
By Kyle Rempfer
Military chaplains pivot to serve soldiers in virus outbreak
Military chaplains get creative to make connections while pandemic forces people apart.
Space Force Bible blessing spurs protest
The Military Religious Freedom Foundation objected to the ceremony as inappropriate and sectarian.
Airman becomes the service’s first female Muslim chaplain candidate
“This is a big day not just for Muslims, but for persons of all faiths,” the Air Force chief of chaplains said.
MCRD San Diego’s Facebook suspended after name changed to ‘Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’
What a truly a delightful conundrum.
By Jon Simkins
How the US military embraced America’s religious diversity
In 1917, when the United States entered World War I, the chaplaincy was a majority white and fully Christian organization. That changed.
By Ronit Y. Stahl, University of California, Berkeley