Moral Injury

Brad E. Kelle is professor of Old Testament and Hebrew at Point Loma Nazarene University Recently and author of The Bible and Moral Injury: Reading Scripture Alongside War’s Unseen Wounds.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroductionBrad E. KellePart One: Understanding Moral Injury (Definitions, Questions, Debates)1. What Is Moral Injury? Current Definitions, Perspectives, and ContextsJoseph McDonald2. The Emergence and Development of the Concept of Moral InjuryAlanna Coady, Jessica R. Carney, Sheila Frankfurt, and Brett T. Litz3. Moral Injury and Its Causes, Symptoms, and ResponsesGabriella LettiniPart Two: Depicting Moral Injury (Ancient and Modern Portrayals)4. Feast or Famine: A Veteran’s Reflection on Moral Injury and RecoveryTyler Boudreau5. Moral Injury and the Role of ChaplainsZachary Moon6. “Do Not Torment Me”: The Morally Injured Gerasene Demoniac (Mark 5:1-20)Michael Yandell7. Moral Injury in Genesis 19 and Moral Repair in the Book of RuthNancy R. BowenPart Three: Engaging Moral Injury (Diverse Perspectives and Resources)8. Addressing Moral Injury in Psychotherapy and CounselingJoseph M. Currier and Wesley H. McCormick9. Spiritual Care

This is a remarkable and remarkably useful volume, excellently edited by Brad Kelle, who recently penned his own monograph on moral injury and its relationship to the Bible. Sixteen substantial essays from expert theorists and practitioners (some of whom are themselves military veterans) offer great insight onto this difficult and draining topic from the fields of theology, psychology, biblical studies, chaplaincy, and more. The result is exactly what editor Kelle hoped for and what we readers need: a multi-voiced and multi-perspectival resource for understanding moral injury and a model for creative and cross-disciplinary ways of engaging an issue that will only become more important in our ever more violent world. Highly recommended!