What Is a "Religion"? Uncle Sam Struggles to Answer

Pity poor Uncle Sam.

The need to provide chaplains and otherwise serve military personnel requires the government to define the indefinable – What is a “religion”? –- and to deal with the increasing variety of American faiths. An April 21 Kimberly Winston report for Religion News Service revealed that a Department of Defense memo to manpower directors, issued back on March 27, doubles recognized religious preferences, to 221.

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