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Military and public safety: Professional associations and faith groups

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Military and public safety: Recent research

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  • Brewer, Edward C. and Kay Taylor. “Managing Collaboration in the Thirty Years War: Culture, Politics and the Influence of Donald Wildmon.” Journal of Religion and Popular Culture> Vol. 23, No. 1 (April 2011): 1-13.
  • Levy, Yagil. “The Clash between Feminism and Religion in the Israeli Military: A Multilayered Analysis.” Social Politics. Vol. 17, No. 2 (March 2010): 185-209.
  • McLaughlin, Sandra S. MD; Andrew D. McLaughlin, MD and John A. Van Slyke, DO. “Faith and Religious Beliefs in an Outpatient Military Population.” Southern Medical Journal. Vol. 103, No. 6 (June 2010): 527-31.

Military and public safety: Articles

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  • Fazlolah Ahmadi, et al. “Being Hopeful And Continuing To Move Ahead: Religious Coping In Iranian Chemical Warfare Poisoned Veterans, A Qualitative Study.” Journal Of Religion & Health 49.3 (2010): 311-321. Academic Search Complete. Web. 19 Jan. 2012.
  • Catoggio, María Soledad. “Religious Beliefs And Actors In The Legitimation Of Military Dictatorships In The Southern Cone, 1964–1989.” Latin American Perspectives 38.6 (2011): 25-37. Historical Abstracts. Web. 19 Jan. 2012.
  • “Tensions Between Military Service and Jewish Orthodoxy In Israel: Implications Imagined and Real” by Stuart A. Cohen. Israel Studies. 12.1 (2007) 103-126.
  • “America’s Miracle Man in Vietnam: Ngo Dinh Diem, Religion, Race, and U.S. Intervention in Southeast Asia” by Matthew Masur. Journal of Military History. 70, no. 4 (2006): 1183-4.
  • “ROTC and the Catholic Campus” by Ward Thomas. Armed Forces and Society. 33, no. 2 (2007): 224-37.
  • “Questions Raised Anew About Religion in Military” by Eric Lichtblau. The New York Times, Feb. 28, 2009.
  • “Traditional Religion and Guerilla Warfare in Modern Africa” by Christopher Gray. Journal of Third World Studies, Spring 1999.
  • Masur, Matthew. “America’s Miracle Man in Vietnam: Ngo Dinh Diem, Religion, Race, and U.S. Intervention in Southeast Asia.” Journal of Military History. 70, no. 4 (2006): 1183-4.
  • “Military Deeply Involved in Christian Reality Show” by Jason Leopold. The Public Record, May 2009.
  • “Religion and the Military: A Growing Ethical Dilemma” by Lawrence P. Greenslit. Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, PA.
  • “Religion and the Military: A Comparative Analysis (Or to Serve God or Country or Both?)” by Jack Porter. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association 48th Annual Convention, Hilton Chicago, CHICAGO, IL, USA, Feb 28, 2007.
  • “Religion in the military: navigating the channel between the religion clauses” by David E. Fitzkee and Linell A. Letendre. Air Force Law Review, Spring, 2007.
  • “Jesus killed Mohammed: The crusade for a Christian military” by Jeff Sharlet. Harper’s Magazine, May 2009.
  • “Religion and Pro-Military Values as Predictors of Republican Support in the South” by Fred Slocum. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, Hotel Intercontinental, New Orleans, LA, Jan 07, 2009
  • “Lawsuit on religion in military expanded” by John Hanna. The Kansas City Star, Dec. 29, 2008.
  • “Religion in the ranks: members of the military association of atheists and freethinkers speak out” by Steven Surman. The Humanist, March 1, 2009.
  • “Religion and Its Role Are in Dispute at the Service Academies” by Neela Banerjee. The New York Times, June 25, 2008.
  • Küng, Hans. “The age of globalization requires a global ethic.” Theology. Vol. 113, No. 875 (Sept. 2010): 323-38.

Military and public safety: Books

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  • Religion and the American Civil War. Randall M. Miller, Harry S. Stout and Charles Reagan Wilson (eds.). Oxford University Press US, 1998.
  • Bridge or barrier religion, violence, and visions for peace. Gerrie ter Haar and James J. Busuttil. BRILL, 2005.
  • The Oxford Companion to American Military History, section “Religion in the Military” by John Whiteclay Chambers II. Oxford University Press. 2000.
  • Rights vs. public safety after 9/11: America in the age of terrorism. Amitai Etzioni and Jason H. Marsh (eds.). Rowman & Littlefield, 2003.
  • Sword or the Scroll?: Dilemmas of Religion and Military Service in Israel. Stuart A. Cohen. Routledge, 1997.
  • Militia Christi: The Christian Religion & the Military in the First Three Centuries. Adolf Von Harnack Polebridge, Pr Westar Inst, 1981.
  • Mughal Empire in India: Their Political, Legal, Social, Cultural, Religions and Military Systems. H.S. Bhatia Deep & Deep Publications, 2001.
  • Heaven in the Midst of Hell: A Quaker Chaplain’s View of the war in Iraq by Sheri Snively and James N. Mattis. Greenleaf Book Group, 2010.
  • Religion and the Cold War. Dianne Kirby (ed.). Palgrave Macmillan, 2002.

Military and public safety: More links

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Military and public safety: About the discipline

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The study of military campaigns throughout history often can be linked to factors involving religion. Some conflicts are directly related to religious belief; other conflicts are influenced by religion in how alliances are made and countries are mobilized for periods of war over the notion of belief. Many conflicts have roots in religious and cultural disagreement, sometimes going back centuries. [Read more…]