Flag waving doesn’t help when the bullets are coming down the line: Dialectical tensions of religious communication in the National Guard chaplaincy
Strahle, Ann
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Description
Title
Flag waving doesn’t help when the bullets are coming down the line: Dialectical tensions of religious communication in the National Guard chaplaincy
Author(s)
Strahle, Ann
Issue Date
2022-04-04
Director of Research (if dissertation) or Advisor (if thesis)
Christians, Clifford
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
Christians, Clifford
Committee Member(s)
McCarthy, Cameron
Molina-Guzmán, Isabel
Ebel, Jonathan
Department of Study
Inst of Communications Rsch
Discipline
Communications and Media
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Degree Level
Dissertation
Keyword(s)
religion
military
media
ethics
communication
Abstract
The military chaplaincy is a distinctive institution in the American context and is one of the few instances where the federal government directly supports religion. Although the armed forces maintain that chaplains are to adhere to the tenets of their faith, they are subject to the military chain of command and expected to serve the religious needs of all servicemen and servicewomen irrespective of their beliefs. This research is interested in how the military chaplains communicate faith, spirituality, and religion to the National Guard military. I will argue that by its very nature, the National Guard complicates this communication and illuminates the growing diversity of thought and belief within the military.
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