Chaplain (Colonel) Timothy Mallard, command chaplain of US Army Europe, spoke about Dietrich Bonhoeffer during Providence’s Christianity and National Security Conference in November 2019. His remarks are his views and are not representative of the US Army or government.
Timothy Mallard
Timothy Mallard is Professor of Leadership and Ethics at Birmingham Theological Seminary and a Visiting Research Fellow at St. Chad’s College and Durham University (UK). A recently retired U.S. Army Chaplain (Colonel), he is the author of Moral and Spiritual Injury in War: Russo-Ukraine, Israel-Iran, and Beyond and was Senior Editor of A Persistent Fire: The Strategic Ethical Impact of World War I on the Global Profession of Arms. He holds a Ph.D. in Theological Ethics from the University of Wales Trinity Saint David, an M.S.S. in Strategic Leadership from the U.S. Army War College, and is a certified Army Strategist. He has deployed to combat as a Battalion, Brigade, and Division Chaplain in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Afghanistan, and Iraq, and held strategic postings at both US Army Europe and Africa and the Pentagon. His military decorations include two awards each of the Legion of Merit and Bronze Star medals, the Combat Action Badge, and the Purple Heart. He is also a Contributing Editor with Providence.
