The role of military chaplains has changed over the past decade as Western militaries have deployed to highly religious environments such as East Africa, Afghanistan, and Iraq. By looking at the rapidly changing role of the military chaplain, this volume raises issues critical to U.S. foreign and national security policy and diplomacy.

Foreword by Major General Douglas Carver (ret.), former U.S. Army Chief of Chaplains -- 1. Modern military chaplaincy in the era of intervention and terrorism / Eric Patterson -- 2. Understanding the role and influence of the U.S. military chaplains / Pauletta Otis -- 3. Chaplains advising warfighters on culture and religion / Dayne Nix -- 4. Beginnings : the Army chaplaincy and the War on Terrorism, 2001-2005 / Eric Keller -- 5. The Iraq Inter-Religious Congress and the Baghdad Accords / Micheal Hoyt -- 6. Military chaplains as whole-og-government partners / S. K. Moore -- 7. Peace building through religious engagements in East Africa / Jon Cutler -- 8. Strategic engagement and advisement at the CENTCOM Center of Excellence / David West -- 9. Military chaplaincy : religious leadership and character development / Eric Wester -- 10. Occupational sress coping skills of military chaplains : the role of spiritual intelligence / Gary Roberts and L. Diane Hess-Hernandez -- 11. Contemporary challenges and future opportunities / Jason Klocek and Ronald Hassner.