Der Umgang mit religiösen Minderheiten in der österreichischen Armee

Already at the time of the Habsburg Monarchy the Protestant, Jewish, Orthodox and Muslim Soldiers of the Austro-Hungarian army enjoyed special rights and privileges of religious assistance.Acomplex system of multireligious military chaplaincy existed in the Habsburg Empire. Also the Armed Forces of...

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Main Author: Reiss, Wolfram 1959- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:German
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Published: Brill [2016]
In: Interdisciplinary journal for religion and transformation in contemporary society
Year: 2016, Volume: 2, Issue: 1, Pages: 83-114
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Austria / Army / Religious minority
IxTheo Classification:AX Inter-religious relations
KBB German language area
ZA Social sciences
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Summary:Already at the time of the Habsburg Monarchy the Protestant, Jewish, Orthodox and Muslim Soldiers of the Austro-Hungarian army enjoyed special rights and privileges of religious assistance.Acomplex system of multireligious military chaplaincy existed in the Habsburg Empire. Also the Armed Forces of the Second Austrian Republic have regulations in place for religious assistance tominority faiths, albeit under radically different circumstances. This article analyses the development of military chaplaincy in Austria from the Habsburg period to the present. It shows that in some cases practices of the past were more progressive than todayns regulations. The article asks to what extent presentday regulations of military chaplaincy in Austria meet the requirements of the right to free religious practice of professional soldiers and recruits.
ISSN:2364-2807
Contains:Enthalten in: Interdisciplinary journal for religion and transformation in contemporary society
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.14220/jrat.2016.2.1.83