Matters of Opinion: The Just-Chaplain Theory
The church need not divorce the military to remain a godly counterculture.
By Douglas K. Stewart | posted 7/27/00 | posted 7/10/2000 12:00AM
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Douglas K. Stewart served in the U.S. Marine Corps for seven years and as a Navy chaplain for 16 years.
Related Elsewhere
Other Christianity Today articles about religion in the military include:Irreconcilable Differences | The church should divorce the military. (March 6, 2000)Wiccans Practice on U. S. Bases | Court okays pagan ceremonies. (July 12, 1999)Military Chaplains Win Speech Case | Military personnel can speak against partial-birth abortion (June 6, 1997)Military Chaplains Sue Over 'Project Life' Ban | Chaplains ordered to "actively avoid" political comment. (December 9, 1999)for a recent history of tensions between the church and the military, see "For God and Country, Ambivalently: American Christians and the military." The article, by Indiana State University history professor Richard V. Pierard, appeared in the May/June 1999 issue of our sister magazine Books & Culture. The article also generated several interesting letters.
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