Religious and spiritual care in the Slovenian armed forces : a scoping literature review

Primc, Liza (author)

Religious and spiritual care of the Armed Forces has been known since time immemorial. In modern times, ongoing wars and conflicts emphasise the importance of the development and readiness of support systems that armies around the world have. In light of that, a scoping literature review1 was prepared to examine the current state of the provision of religious and spiritual care in the Slovenian Armed Forces (SAF): to determine research already conducted on religious and spiritual care within the SAF, to identify practices, feedback, and needs regarding spiritual support for SAF members, and, through the findings and recommendations for the future, to ensure the effectiveness and quality of religious and spiritual care in the SAF.

• Language: English
• Keywords: Slovenian Armed Forces (SAF), literature review, welfare support, spiritual care, religious care, pastoral care, military chaplains, pastoral assistants
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: TEOF - Theological Faculty
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Publication date: 06.08.2025
• Year: 2025
• Number of pages: Str. 97-118
• Numbering: Letn. 85, [št.] 1
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-175379
• UDC: 27-184.3-584:355/359(497.4)
• ISSN on article: 0006-5722
• DOI: 10.34291/BV2025/01/Primc
• COBISS.SI-ID: 245400323
• Publication date in RUL: 24.10.2025

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Bogoslovni vestnik : glasilo Teološke fakultete v Ljubljani
• Shortened title: Bogosl. vestn.
• Publisher: Teološka fakulteta
• ISSN: 0006-5722
• COBISS.SI-ID: 8745472

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• License: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
• Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Title: Religiozna in duhovna oskrba v Slovenski vojski : pregled obsega literature

Abstract

Verska in duhovna oskrba oboroženih sil je znana od vekomaj. V sodobnem času nenehne vojne in spopadi poudarjajo pomen razvoja in pripravljenosti podpornih sistemov, ki jih imajo vojske po vsem svetu. V luči tega je bil pripravljen pregled literature, s katerim smo želeli preučiti stanje na področju zagotavljanja verske in duhovne oskrbe v Slovenski vojski (SV): ugotoviti že opravljene raziskave o verski in duhovni oskrbi v SV, opredeliti prakse, povratne informacije in potrebe glede duhovne podpore pripadnikom SV, z ugotovitvami in priporočili za prihodnost pa zagotoviti učinkovitost in kakovost verske in duhovne oskrbe v SV.

• Keywords: Slovenska vojska (SV), pregled literature, celostna oskrba, duhovna oskrba, religiozna oskrba, pastoralna oskrba, vojaški kaplani, pastoralni asistenti