MILITARY CHAPLAINS' FACILITATION OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM

Military Chaplain's Facilitation of Religious Freedom

Chaplains help ameliorate many hardships for service members, like the inability to attend church regularly, participate in religious studies, or even talk about faith with like-minded people. Chaplains don't have to be Christians, and do, in fact, tend to service members of all denominations and faiths. Not only do chaplains conduct services when they can, but they also counsel service members who would otherwise refuse mental health services. As American service members work on international missions, their chaplains also find themselves ministering to soldiers from all over the world, speaking many languages. This requires them to help facilitate religious freedom for all of the service members under their care.

In South Africa, military chaplains are seen as the guardians of "first human right - religious freedom" (Lampman 1999). Therefore, internationally, chaplains facilitate religious freedom, not only for their...
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