The Royal Naval Chaplaincy service since 1945: Change or continuity?

Speaker:  Dr Linda Parker, author and independent scholar

Based upon extensive interviews with retired and serving chaplains, this talk explores the changing role of Naval Chaplains since 1945. It reveals many continuities along with the changes in the service which will permit some reflection on the direction in which the Royal Navy chaplaincy is headed and its likely role in the future.

About the speaker

 Dr Linda Parker is an independent scholar and prolific academic author. Her main research interest is military chaplaincy as well as a more general interest in the military history of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. She has written five books including Nearer My God to Thee: Airborne Chaplains in the Second World War (2019) and Shellshocked Prophets: Former Anglican Army Chaplains in Inter-War Britain (2015).

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