Tag: chaplains
Public schools and faith-based chaplains: Texas’ new combination is testing the...
Charles J. Russo, University of Dayton
In 1996, a school board in eastern Texas created a program called Clergy...
How the US military has embraced growing religious diversity
Ronit Y. Stahl, University of California, Berkeley
In 1919, Lee Levinger buried four soldiers in France. The responsibility to preside over a funeral was not...
Why a large church group had little impact when it opposed...
David Mislin, Temple University
Numerous organizations demanded Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court be put on hold or withdrawn, in the wake of...
As you travel, pause and take a look at airport chapels
Wendy Cadge, Brandeis University
Traveling in the new year? It is very likely there is a chapel or meditation room tucked away somewhere in one...
When Americans tried – and failed – to reunite Christianity
David Mislin, Temple University
Five hundred years ago, Martin Luther, a German monk, initiated a split in Christianity that came to be known as the...
On land or ship, port chaplains offer comfort to seafarers of...
Wendy Cadge, Brandeis University
Boston celebrated its maritime heritage in June by welcoming tall ships from around the world into Boston Harbor for the celebratory...