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. https://wildhunt.org/2026/10/hegseth-creates-powerful-new-office-to-oversee-religious-affairs-and-spiritual-readiness.html #pagan #stateofforce #petehegseth #officeofreligiousaffairs #chaplaincy #christiannationalism #military #paganism