Wilfrid Laurier University Scholars Commons @ Laurier Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive) 2015 The Reinvention of the Canadian Armed Forces Chaplaincy and the Limits of Religious Pluralism Michael T. Peterson Rev. Dr. Canadian Armed Forces,
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[email protected]. ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! The Reinvention of the Canadian Armed Forces Chaplaincy! And The Limits Of Religious Pluralism! ! by! ! Michael Peterson! ! Master of Arts, Wilfrid Laurier University, 2015! ! THESIS! Submitted to the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies! in partial fulfilment of the requirements for! Master of Arts in Religion and Culture! Wilfrid Laurier! University! © Michael Peterson 2015! ! ! ! ! "i ! ABSTRACT! ! ! ! ! The Reinvention of the Canadian Armed Forces Chaplaincy offers an analysis of how an historically Christian religious organization, one prominently sited within an important Canadian institution, adapted to pluralism. This research is the first to examine Canada’s military chaplaincy since Benham Rennick’s (2011) more broadly focused study of the role of religion in the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF).