Re-embodying Pastoral Theology: Ritual Care for Moral Injury in Veterans

Johann Choi

doi:10.5771/9781978717114

Summary

With the dominance of psychotherapeutic theories and methods in the field of pastoral theology, the typical pastoral encounter has been understood to be a private conference in which a pastor addresses a sufferer’s thoughts and emotions. What results is a kind of dualism that is contrary to a historically Christian affirmation and care for the body. The phenomenon of moral injury further problematizes this model of pastoral care in part due to a greater awareness that trauma is imprinted as much in the body as in the mind. Re-embodying Pastoral Theology uses the problem of moral injury in veterans to propose a pastoral theology that recognizes ritual as the means by which the Christian community addresses the body in pastoral care. In advancing this new approach to “ritual care,” the author draws from the fields of psychology, ritual studies, liturgical studies, and historical theology, as well as the experiences of veterans throughout history. This book endeavors to re-think the Christian approach to moral injury and re-embody the field of pastoral theology.

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Edition: 1/2024
Copyright Year: 2024
ISBN-Print: 978-1-9787-1710-7
ISBN-Online: 978-1-9787-1711-4
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 214
Product Type: Monograph

1. Contents No access
2. Acknowledgments No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 10
Moral Injury as a Pastoral Theological Construct No access Pages 11 - 48
Ritual and the Problem of Moral Injury No access Pages 49 - 76
Contributions from Moral Injury and Ritual Care Literature for a Pastoral Theological Approach to Moral Injury No access Pages 77 - 110
Non-humanistic Ritual Care for Moral Injury No access Pages 111 - 176
Sin and Pastoral Theology No access Pages 177 - 184
Appendix A No access Pages 185 - 188
Appendix B No access Pages 189 - 198
Bibliography No access Pages 199 - 206
Index No access Pages 207 - 212
About the Author No access Pages 213 - 214