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Thesis/Dissertation Information
- Degree Disciplines:
- Theology
Notes
- Abstract:
- Catch-22, Joseph Heller’s very popular novel, ought to be required reading for military chaplains. The book quite accurately portrays the three recurring foremost challenges of military chaplaincy: attending to a wide range of perspectives and interests, the role ambiguity experienced by chaplain minister-officers, and connecting to a religiously and spiritually diverse population. Excerpts from Catch-22 appear throughout this manuscript to illustrate the point that it is not the individual military religious ministry professional but rather the chaplaincy structure itself that needs to undergo a metamorphosis. Results obtained from student chaplain and chaplain cadre empathy studies undertaken at the U. S. Army Chaplaincy Center and School at Ft. Jackson, South Carolina and from a survey of the nation’s military ecclesiastical endorsers indicate that there are denomination-free core ministerial attributes that are relatively stable, measurable, and held in common by military leadership, military ministers, and diverse religious organizations. A shift from a chaplaincy hierarchical model of minister-officers to a predominantly lay-led shared ministry model decreases role ambiguity, attends to a wide range of perspectives and interests, and is more representative of the religious and spiritually diverse civilian and military population. James N. Poling and Donald E. Miller’s Type IIA method of practical theology is used to describe the current military chaplaincy structure, correlate perspectives and interests with the Christian tradition, and direct the process toward a faithful and feasible renewed ministerial praxis. Virtues-based ethics and rules-based ethics along with previous findings from the Lilly Foundation’s Readiness for Ministry Project, the Jefferson Medical College’s empathy scale administrations, and U.S. Naval officer Kenneth Harris’ research project to produce a fiscally-sound restructuring of the Navy chaplaincy have been influential in this undertaking which seeks a better way of being and becoming faith-endorsed military religious ministry professionals.
- Thesis:
- Thesis (D.Min.)--Barry University, 2011
- Bibliography:
- Includes bibliographical references (leaves 110-116).
Record Information
- Source Institution:
- Barry University
- Holding Location:
- Barry University Archives and Special Collections
- Rights Management:
- Copyright Kathryn Knapp. Permission granted to Barry University to digitize, archive and distribute this item for non-profit research and educational purposes. Any reuse of this item in excess of fair use or other copyright exemptions requires permission of the copyright holder.
- Resource Identifier:
- UH23.K63 2011_KnappKathryn ( BU-Local )
- Classification:
- UH23.K63 2011 ( lcc )
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