Alfred LaMotte reads works by CTC soldiers from this website, March 3 2010, at the symposium on Religion and War, The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA.
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"There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you." ~Maya Angelou
U.S. Soldiers in Combat Zones Speak on World Religions & Personal Faith
"There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you." ~Maya Angelou
Introduction
I teach Philosophy for Central Texas College's Distance Learning Program, which provides college credits for military personnel, many of whom are deployed in combat zones. The soldiers' writings in this site are from my courses. The site is linked to a teaching site, Your World Religions.
The study of religion is not an idyllic interlude for ivy covered campuses, but an engagement of the heart on the cutting edge of life and death, courage and duty. Don't look for easy answers or regimented thinking as these soldiers reveal the richness and diversity of their quest for meaning.
P.S. Ignore the dates of these posts. The dates are just a means of ordering them.
Chapters
- 1. Poems from the Zone
- 2. Featured Stories
- 3. Rites of Passage
- 4. Soldier's Psalms
- 5. Covenants
- 6. Mindfulness Meditation
- 7. Prince of Peace
- 8. Old Testament & The Middle East
- 9. Islamic Jihad: Reading the Qu'ran
- 10. Student Essays on Islam
- 11. Tao of Peace, Art of War
- 12. Indian Philosophy
- 13. The Ancestors
- 14. Tribal Religions
- 15. Many Branches, One Tree
- 16. Televised Symposium on Religion & War: Readings from this Site
- 17. Embrace Them As They Return