{"title":"Warrior Welcome Home: a phenomenological case study of moral injury and soul repair","authors":"C. West, Darren Cronshaw","doi":"10.1080/19349637.2022.2094852","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Warrior Welcome Home retreats have hosted Australian soldiers, veterans and their families since 2007. This article is an appreciative inquiry into theological and spiritual resources that respond to the emerging understanding of military moral injury. It discusses how Scriptural hermeneutics and experience of moral injury inform one another, how leadership fosters a nurturing community, how liturgy can aid spiritual healing and other implications of the retreats. Participants’ experience of Warrior Welcome Home demonstrates the therapeutic character of the Christian scriptures, community and liturgy in ways that are relevant to understanding and responding to moral injury with efficacious spiritual care.","PeriodicalId":51916,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Spirituality in Mental Health","volume":"138 1","pages":"177 - 197"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7000,"publicationDate":"2022-07-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Spirituality in Mental Health","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19349637.2022.2094852","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"PSYCHOLOGY, APPLIED","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
ABSTRACT Warrior Welcome Home retreats have hosted Australian soldiers, veterans and their families since 2007. This article is an appreciative inquiry into theological and spiritual resources that respond to the emerging understanding of military moral injury. It discusses how Scriptural hermeneutics and experience of moral injury inform one another, how leadership fosters a nurturing community, how liturgy can aid spiritual healing and other implications of the retreats. Participants’ experience of Warrior Welcome Home demonstrates the therapeutic character of the Christian scriptures, community and liturgy in ways that are relevant to understanding and responding to moral injury with efficacious spiritual care.
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The Journal of Spirituality in Mental Health is an interdisciplinary professional journal (retiled from American Journal of Pastoral Counseling to better reflect its broader scope) that is devoted to the scholarly study of spirituality as a resource for counseling and psychotherapeutic disciplines. This peer-reviewed quarterly journal seeks to enhance the understanding of spirituality as a core component of human well-being in individual, relational, and communal life. Leading authorities provide insights into research and effective therapy in an interdisciplinary dialog that crosses the disciplines of psychology, spirituality, theology, sociology, cultural analysis, and other fields.