ArticleFrontiers in psychiatry2025
Commanding with compassion: harnessing the potential of military chaplains within the NATO structure.
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- Upholding Human Dignity as a First Principle: Preventive Moral Injury Work in NATO Chaplaincy.Journal of religion and health · 2026Article
- At the edge of war: What rapid reinforcement of European defence may mean for military chaplains.Journal of religion and health · 2026Article
- Toward a Framework for Military Spiritual Care in Belgium: An Exploratory Scoping Literature Review.Journal of religion and health · 2026Article
- The conversing military chaplain: time allocation, task salience, and competencies among Swedish military chaplains.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Toward a framework of moral challenges in military operations: implications for psychological resilience.Frontiers in public health · 2026Review
- Preserving the human character in an inhuman situation: the contributions and meanings of military soul care in the Swedish armed forces.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- "Am I a priest in the armed forces, or a soldier who is a priest?" Identity work among military chaplains in the Swedish armed forces.Frontiers in sociology · 2025Article
- Creating moral space: How military chaplains in the Netherlands support veterans with moral injury.Frontiers in sociology · 2025Article
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Abstract
The purpose of this article is to foster a better general understanding of military chaplains within NATO by elucidating their roles, highlighting what distinguishes military chaplains from military medical (psychiatrists and psychologists), and offering general suggestions on how military commanders at the tactical (battalion) level can benefit from military chaplains. The context for this paper is the ongoing research conducted by NATO's Science and Technology Organization (STO) Human Factors and Medicine (HFM) Research Task Group (RTG) 352, titled "Moral Challenges in the Future Security Environment (FSE): Guidance for Leaders", which began in 2022 and will continue through 2025. The research methodology employed in this article is known as collaborative inquiry, which emphasizes a partnership between academic researchers in military chaplaincy and practitioners (i.e. military chaplains) with the aim of bridging the gap between theory and practice. The following three questions have guided the collaborative methodology: What do military chaplains typically do when supporting service members? What concepts are used to describe their work? What distinguishes military chaplains from medical professionals? The results are presented in the article and describe, among other things, that despite significant variations among NATO members' military chaplaincy services, chaplains generally exercise a
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