November 12, 2004
The Transcendent Role of Chaplains
After a baccalaureate service in a college chapel at graduation this year, a friend asked me a question: Do college chaplains have a purpose any longer? Indeed, three major long-term shifts on campuses demand that we reconsider the importance of the role of chaplains today. The first is the continuing tension in all our social institutions about the place of religion. Whether the issue is publicly posting the Ten Commandments, lighting a menorah or Christmas tree on the town square, providing
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