Agile Chaplaincy: Understanding the impacts of emerging technologies on the operation of Military Chaplaincy.

敏捷牧师：了解新兴技术对军事牧师运作的影响。

• 批准号: 2203115
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Lancaster University
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2019 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2203115
• 关键词: Agile; Chaplaincy; Understanding; impacts; emerging

This PhD concerns how Military Chaplaincy is responding to the use of emerging technology in the Military, by mapping out how technology relates to the spiritual lives of soldiers and the work of their chaplains. This enquiry is helpful for Security Studies and Theology, as it highlights the intersections between these two disciplines in the life of the military, and asks critical questions surrounding the nature of military chaplaincy in the 'digital age'; and its implications for security and appropriate soldier wellbeing. The contemporary battlefield is defined by its complexity and interconnectivity (Singer, 2010: 41). As such, the future battlefield becomes something markedly more chaotic, unstructured and unstable (Kott, 2018:2). Consequently, recent military documents discuss how this futuristic battlefield effects force lethality and defence (MOD, 2017). But they often neglect how technology impacts on the wellbeing of soldiers. This gap is worrying, given the nature of the future battlefield, and its inevitable impact on a soldier outside of their ability to fight. Therefore, policy discussions must consider the role of chaplaincy, and acknowledge that it is in need of revision if it is to remain appropriate and secure whilst the battlefield transforms. Chaplaincy is vital to the emotional wellbeing of soldiers in times of extreme stress or grief (Davie, 2015:43). The transformative effects of emerging technologies give this role more urgency, with the future battlefield inevitably becoming a more stressful and precarious place for warfighters.

该博士学位关注军事牧师如何应对新兴技术在军队中的使用，通过绘制技术如何与士兵的精神生活及其牧师的工作相关。这项调查是有助于安全研究和神学，因为它突出了这两个学科在军事生活中的交叉点，并围绕“数字时代”的军事牧师的性质提出了关键问题;及其对安全和适当的士兵福利的影响。当代战场的特点是复杂性和相互关联性（Singer，2010：41）。因此，未来的战场将变得更加混乱、非结构化和不稳定（Kott，2018：2）。因此，最近的军事文件讨论了这种未来战场如何影响部队的杀伤力和防御（MOD，2017）。但他们往往忽视了技术如何影响士兵的福祉。考虑到未来战场的性质，这种差距令人担忧，它不可避免地影响了士兵的战斗能力。因此，政策讨论必须考虑牧师的作用，并承认，如果要在战场转变时保持适当和安全，就需要修改。牧师在极端压力或悲伤的时候对士兵的情绪健康至关重要（Davie，2015：43）。新兴技术的变革性影响使这一角色更加紧迫，未来战场不可避免地成为作战人员更加紧张和不稳定的地方。