Religion in the Ranks: Belief and Religious Experience in the Canadian Forces
PremiseMethodsThe Late Modern Approach to ReligionA Historical Overview of the CF Chaplaincy-1945: Forming a Chaplain BranchReligious Support for the First World WarThe Second World War - Creating a Branch-1980: Becoming a Modern Bureaucratic ForceNew Alliances, New ObligationsIntegration and Unification of Services-2007: A 'Postmodern' ContextCredentials, Equivalency, and a Chaplain SchoolWomen in the BranchIncreasingly Complex MissionsThe Twenty-First Century: Towards an Interfaith BranchReligious Accommodation and the Loss of Moral ConsensusDenominational Differences and Interfaith IssuesWaning Chapel LifeOperational Stress InjuriesUnusual OfficersPersonality, Motivation, CommitmentPresence, Trust, and RapportAlike but DifferentThe Rank and FilePrivate ReligionA Dearth of StatisticsPrivatization of ReligionSubjectivization and the Religious QuestReligious Interests as a Response to Hardship and SufferingUnlimited Liability, Suffering, and MeaningOperational Tempo, Dehumanization, and AlienationValues and EthicsReligious Groups in the RanksThe Changing Face of Religion in the Canadian ForcesThe Continuing Significance of ReligionModernization and Religion in the CFLack of Religious KnowledgeStigma and AnomieThe Persistence of ReligionBibliography