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More US firms are boosting faith-based support for employees
By David Crary — February 11, 2020
(AP) — The Internal Revenue Service has a group specifically for Christian fundamentalists, while other high-profile companies including Walmart have recently decided to launch faith-based employee groups.
How the US military has embraced growing religious diversity
By Ronit Y. Stahl — November 12, 2019
(The Conversation) — The U.S. military has continually, and often slowly, adapted its relationship with American religion, cognizant of the pragmatic need to support religious diversity but fearful of too much splintering.
Some North Dakota GOP lawmakers abstain from Hindu prayer
By James MacPherson — April 3, 2019
(AP) — Rajan Zed, president of the Universal Society of Hinduism in Nevada, offered prayer as the guest chaplain in the House, a day after he delivered the invocation in the Senate without incident.
Kenya to add chaplains to public high schools to improve discipline
By Fredrick Nzwili — July 7, 2017
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) Religious leaders cheered the government's decision, saying it will promote good morals.
On Veterans Day, a chaplain’s salute
By Yonat Shimron — November 11, 2016
(RNS) Being a chaplain provided me a unique view of the armed forces especially because military clergy preach peace, mercy and compassion within a large organization that employs deadly force.
Police chaplain: Answering questions of mortality
By Adelle M. Banks — July 14, 2016
(RNS) 'Should I have done something different? Why was I off that night? I should have been there.' Those are the questions Chaplain Sean Pease says Dallas police are asking.
‘Chaplains’ documentary follows nontraditional faith companions to battlefield, prison
By Adelle M. Banks — November 2, 2015
(RNS) Film producer/director Martin Doblmeier hopes the series will not only teach viewers about the role of chaplains but also give them insights into faiths that are different from their own -- something that chaplains may experience on a daily basis.
Will Thor join the Army? Believers still in limbo
By Kimberly Winston — July 7, 2015
(RNS) In January, a U.S. Army official told Heathen representatives that the old Norse religion of Asatru had been granted official recognition -- only to backtrack a few days later.
At Middlebury College, Muslim chaplaincy is a husband and wife affair
By Julie Poucher Harbin — June 1, 2015
(RNS) Beau Latif Scurich and his wife, Naila Baloch, are the first married couple to share a full-time Muslim chaplaincy position at a U.S. college.
Army chaplains need training to help suicidal soldiers
By Gregg Zoroya — April 9, 2015
Chaplains who are part of the Army's first line of defense against suicide say they need more training in how to prevent soldiers from killing themselves, according to a newly published survey.
2014: The top stories in atheism
By Chris Stedman — December 22, 2014
From the popularity of 'Cosmos' on Fox-TV to the Roku launch of 'Atheist TV', from open atheist James Woods's inspiring congressional campaign to Richard Dawkins's less-than-inspiring tweets, atheists made headlines all year.
Why I’m trying to be the military’s first Humanist chaplain: An interview with Jason Heap
By Chris Stedman — November 6, 2014
"It feels as if there is no consistency in the decisions being made—and as such, it rings alarm bells in my mind," Dr. Jason Heap, the first Humanist chaplain applicant for the U.S. Navy, tells RNS.
Is the U.S. military anti-atheist? An interview with Jason Torpy
By Chris Stedman — November 5, 2014
"There is a very powerful minority—about 19 percent—of military personnel representing evangelistic and anti-atheist constituencies in the military." Former U.S. Army Captain and President of the Military Association of Atheists and Freethinkers Jason Torpy speaks with RNS.
Chaplains help others grieve, but learn to grieve themselves
By Adelle M. Banks — February 5, 2014
(RNS) This often-unspoken need is now being addressed across the country, with new training and a greater emphasis on mentoring.
Top brass say they’re not aware of bias against military chaplains
By Adelle M. Banks — January 29, 2014
WASHINGTON (RNS) Pentagon officials told members of Congress at a Capitol Hill hearing Wednesday that they are unaware of any pattern of religious discrimination in the chaplain corps.
