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Military Chaplaincy

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Author(s): Heikkilä, Markku | Adams, Edgar G. | Müller-Kent, Jens
1. General Military chaplaincy has a centuries-long tradition in the churches of both East and West. In the main Protestant churches the Reformation age set the guidelines for worship in the armed forces and for the work of military chaplains (Pastor, Pastorate; Protestantism). For various reasons military chaplaincy has undergone considerable changes in recent decades. Changes in relations between armed forces, church, and state; the religious neutrality of most states; political changes, especially in the formerly socialist countries (…