Talk:Chaplain
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Christians are not the only faith to have chaplain-equivalent positions. There appear to be some Wiccan chaplains.
I'm not sure about the Wiccan chaplains - any proof? It sounds rather unlikely - what army has a high enough Wiccan membership to warrent it?
I know for a fact that there are chaplains from other more mainstream faiths (Moslem, Jewish, etc.), but I'll wait to clear up the Wiccan thing before I add more info' on that. -- stewacide 04:45, 22 Sep 2003 (UTC)
- I trust religioustolerance.org, which claims that there are no clear-cut examples of the US Army funding Wicca in any way [1] (http://religioustolerance.org/burn_aw2.htm), but that there was a significant controversy over alleged funding. This might be what the author meant. A note that the US Army Chaplains give support to the spiritual needs of all soldiers, regardless of religion, including Wicca, might be relevant in this article, but I would be inclined to not believe the statement that there are Wiccan Chaplains in any army until I see proof. It seems like there are a lot of similar statements going around these days -- I recently heard that a Wiccan coven was trying to get a religious emblem, signifying personal and community-based spiritual achievement, approved for the Boy Scouts of America. This is probably also untrue. Tuf-Kat 05:11, Sep 22, 2003 (UTC)
- Wiccan boyscouts? I don't think the Mormons would allow that! -- stewacide
Non-military chaplaincy could probably be expanded - for example University chaplaincy - tends to be 'multifaith'. Chaplaincy is often lay. - In these settings the chaplain is often paid by the faith community/religious body by which they are appointed. - A search in google picks up a few. Flinders University of South Australia is one example <http://www.flinders.edu.au/religiouscentre/chaplains/index.html>. This does include a Wiccan chaplain. --Paul foord 02:50, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)[user: Paul Foord]