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Military chaplaincy in Sweden: A contemporary perspective
The Unit for Research and Analysis, Church of Sweden, Uppsala, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-7327-8519
2020 (English)In: Journal of Health Care Chaplaincy, ISSN 0885-4726, E-ISSN 1528-6916, Vol. 28, no 1, p. 81-94Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Pastors serving as military chaplains have been an integral part of the Swedish Armed Forces for hundreds of years. This close relationship has continued even after the Church of Sweden was formally separated from the state in 2000. Yet contemporary research drawing from experiences of Swedish military chaplains during their pastoral and spiritual assignments within a military context is virtually non-existent. This research explores the contemporary situation for military chaplaincy in Sweden through the lenses of proportional accessibility for military personnel, availability to civilian congregations, increasing cultural and ethnic diversity, religious embeddedness in military culture, theological tension, and personal identity development among chaplains. It furthermore suggests that military chaplains navigate a complex situation: they are expected to serve professional service members, many of whom have war zone experiences, in addition to shepherding increasing volumes of conscripts now that conscription has been reinstated, all within a new interreligious paradigm.

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Routledge, 2020. Vol. 28, no 1, p. 81-94
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Contemporary challenges, military chaplaincy, researchquestions, spiritual care
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Sociology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-221167DOI: 10.1080/08854726.2020.1745490ISI: 000523448400001PubMedID: 32233976Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85082804263OAI: oai:DiVA.org:umu-221167DiVA, id: diva2:1839050
Available from: 2024-02-20 Created: 2024-02-20 Last updated: 2024-02-20Bibliographically approved

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