The Problem with Military Chaplaincy Programs
July 20, 2015
The problem with military chaplaincy programs, like this one at Piedmont International University, is real simple: they are designed for people who are going to be a chaplain while in the military. Being a chaplain to members of the military while a civilian is certainly a good thing. Just like being a chaplain to any other group that wants a chaplain. However, the military needs chaplains who will tell soldiers the truth about the evils of war and U.S. foreign policy instead of praying with them that they will be safe while fighting an unjust war in some country they have no business being.
Laurence M. Vance [send him mail] writes from central Florida. He is the author of The Free Society; War, Christianity, and the State: Essays on the Follies of Christian Militarism; War, Empire, and the Military: Essays on the Follies of War and U.S. Foreign Policy; King James, His Bible, and Its Translators, and many other books. His newest book is The U.S. Proxy War in Ukraine.
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