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The Pentagon’s new Office of Religious Affairs centralizes military religious policy and “spiritual readiness,” drawing praise from Hegseth as restoring chaplaincy while prompting concerns about religious liberty, minority faiths, and an explicitly Christian framing.
Three U.S. soldiers — an officer, a reservist, and a new recruit — respond to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s “Nordic Pagans” remarks, reflecting on faith, honor, and the quiet courage it takes to serve both gods and country.
The more of Romero’s films that I watched – and especially the more of his novel that I read – the more I also found a theology bubbling up through the blood that aligns with my own theology of Ásatrú, a modern religion that revives, reconstructs, and reimagines the ancient polytheism of Northern Europe.
TWH’s Lyonel Perabo speaks with Adrian Ivakhiv, professor of environmental and cultural studies at the University of Vermont, about the role of Paganism in both the Ukrainian and Russian nations since the end of the Soviet Union.
The John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School (SWCS) in conjunction with a DOD 60-day stand down issues caution to members of the military regarding extremist symbology.