Overview

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.

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Author:   Torkel Brekke (Deputy Director, Deputy Director, Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO), Norway) ,  Vladimir Tikhonov (Professor, Professor, University of Oslo)
Publisher:   OUP India
Imprint:   OUP India
Dimensions:   Width: 14.90cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.10cm
Weight:   0.456kg
ISBN:  

9780199470747

ISBN 10:   019947074
Pages:   280
Publication Date:   December 2016
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Series Note ix Acknowledgements x Introduction: Military Chaplaincy in Comparative Perspective - Torkel Brekke 1 1: Religious Teachers in the Indian Army- Torkel Brekke 15 2: Religious Plurality and the Slovenian Military Chaplaincy -Gorazd Andrejc and George R. Wilkes 39 3: Paths Untrodden in Japanese Buddhist Chaplaincy to the Imperial Military - Micah Auerback 62 4: 'Operation Dhamma': The Sri Lankan Armed Forces as an instrument of Buddhist Nationalism -Iselin Frydenlund 81 5: Military Rabbis as Community Builders: The Israeli Case - Ori Goldberg 104 6: The Divine Is in the Details: Managing Religion in Pluralizing Militaries Kim Philip Hansen 123 7: Pluralistic Permutations: The Thai Buddhist Military Chaplaincy - Michael Jerryson 145 8: From Confessional to Concessional: The Adaptation to Religious Pluralism by the Chaplaincy of the Norwegian Armed Forces Bård Mæland and Nils Terje Lunde 162 9: Religion in the Sepoy Army of British India- Kaushik Roy 185 10: Twilight of the Padres: The End of British Military Chaplaincy in India - Michael Snape 202 11. South Korean Military Chaplaincy in the 1950-70s: Religion as Ideology? - Vladimir Tikhonov 228 Index 259 Notes on Editors and Contributors 268

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Those with interest in military topics, especially chaplaincy and the relationship of faith and state, will find the volume of great interest. * Leon O'Flynn, Stimulus *

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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).

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