Military Chaplains as Agents of Peace

By way of theoretical analysis and documented case studies from a number of countries, Military Chaplains as Agents of Peace considers Religious Leader Engagement as an emerging domain that advances the cause of reconciliation via the religious peacebuilding of chaplains—a construct that may be generalized to expeditionary, humanitarian and domestic operational contexts. An overview of the benefits and limitations of RLE is offered accompanied by a candid discussion of a number of the more perplexing questions related to such operational ministry: Influence Activities, Information Gathering for Intelligence Purposes and the Protected (Non-Combatant) Status of Chaplains.