Roundtable on ‘Military Chaplaincy and Religious Diversity’, The Martin Hall, New College, 22 February, 2-4pm, followed by refreshments. All welcome.
Speakers will include Dr Torkel Brekke (PRIO, Oslo); Imam Asim Hafiz (Muslim Chaplain to the UK Forces); Professor Jonathan Spencer (Edinburgh); Dr George Wilkes (Edinburgh); and Dr Gorazd Andrejc (Cambridge).
This is a special event for participants in the Religious Studies and Theology and Ethics Seminars, the Asian Religions Research Network, the Edinburgh Alwaleed Centre, The Project on Religion and Ethics in the Making of War and Peace, and the Centre for Theology and Public Issues.
Discussion will address religious issues in militaries across the world, taking as a point of departure the recently published book Military Chaplaincy in an Era of Religious Pluralism (OUP, 2017).