Chaplaincy, Secular Space, and the US Constitution: A Conversation with Winnifred Fallers Sullivan

In this conversation with Kristian Petersen, scholar Winnifred Fallers Sullivan discusses how the role of chaplains in the United States developed alongside understandings of the First Amendment. Chaplaincy, she argues, provides a legal solution to the fragile problem posed by the free exercise and establishment clauses in the Constitution. Sullivan is the author of "A Ministry of Presence: Chaplaincy, Spiritual Care, and the Law" (University of Chicago Press, 2014, which won the American Academy of Religion's Award for Excellence in the Study of Religion in the analytical-descriptive studies category.