Joanne Benham Rennick

Religion in the Ranks

Belief and Religious Experience in the Canadian Forces

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Produktbeschreibung

Examining the changing functions of the official religious leaders in the chaplaincy as well as the place and purpose of religion in the lives of regular military personnel, Religion in the Ranks explores this question in the context of late modernity and the Canadian secular state.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Juli 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 499g
• ISBN-13: 9781442642874
• ISBN-10: 1442642874
• Artikelnr.: 32941453

Autorenporträt

Joanne Benham Rennick is an assistant professor in the Department of Contemporary Studies at Wilfrid Laurier University.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Foreword, by Lieutenant-General Roméo Dallaire
PART ONE: Introduction
1. Premise
2. Methods
3. The Late Modern Approach to Religion
PART TWO: An Historical Overview of the CF Chaplaincy
1. 1914-1945: Forming a Chaplain Branch
2. 1946-1980: Becoming a Modern Bureaucratic Force
3. 1980-2007: A “Postmodern” Context
4. The 21st Century: Towards an Interfaith Branch
PART THREE: Unusual Officers
1. Personality, Motivation, Commitment
2. Presence, Trust, and Rapport
3. Alike but Different
PART FOUR: The Rank and File
1. Private Religion
2. Religious Interests as a Response to Hardship and Suffering
3. Formal Religion
PART FIVE: Conclusions
1. The Continuing Significance of Religion
2. Modernization and Religion in the CF
3. Lack of Religious Knowledge
4. Stigma and Anomie
Bibliography