Moral Injury, Betrayal and Retribution: Australian Veterans and the Role of Chaplains

Hodgson, Timothy J.; Carey, Lindsay B.; Koenig, Harold G.

doi:10.1007/s10943-022-01507-7

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“…To lose a framework that helps make sense of war, may leave military forces in a position where soldiers could either struggle to justify their actions or kill without conscience. Faith-based chaplains leverage this long tradition of thought to help commanders to consider the moral and ethical implications of their directives and help soldiers to find solace when they feel they have crossed their own moral lines (Hodgson et al, 2021 , 2022 ). It is the fusing of just war theory and the notions of grace and forgiveness within many religions that can bring some of the most profound healing from the invisible wounds of war (see earlier–“ moral injury ”; Koenig et al, 2022 ).…”

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The Impact of Faith-Based Pastoral Care in Decreasingly Religious Contexts: The Australian Chaplaincy Advantage in Critical Environments

2023

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This article considers the contribution of faith-based chaplains who provide holistic pastoral and spiritual care within critical environments such as the military, first responders, and hospitals. The contribution of faith-based chaplains can sometimes be taken for granted or not properly understood, particularly in some Western countries which are currently experiencing a decline in religiosity. Following on from a previous paper regarding chaplaincy utilization (Layson et al. 2022 ), this article presents an alternative argument to the secularist-humanist perspective by noting five ways by which the faith based chaplaincy model provides best practice service and builds a capability advantage for organizations that engage faith-based chaplaincy services. The first section discusses faith-based chaplaincy and organizational holistic care; the second section considers the role of faith-based chaplains—much of which is largely unknown and poorly appreciated; the third section considers the unique capability of faith-based chaplains to provide spiritual and religious care to those of faith and for those of none; the fourth section explores how faith-based chaplains can leverage the positive impact of religious organizations to provide additional low-cost resources for other organizations and their staff; and lastly, the operational advantage of faith-based chaplains on the world stage is considered, particularly in light of culturally and linguistically diverse populations to whom religiosity is increasingly important.

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Section: Faith-based Chaplaincymentioning

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The Impact of Faith-Based Pastoral Care in Decreasingly Religious Contexts: The Australian Chaplaincy Advantage in Critical Environments

2023

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“…Hodgson and Carey (2017) and Hodgson et al (2021, 2022 ) were also the first to propose the concept of long-term ‘enduring moral injury’ (EMI) and a comprehensive integrative definition of moral injury using a bio-psycho-social-spiritual paradigm—which was based upon the evidence of an extensive range of MI literature. Hodgsons and Carey’s research within JORH, subsequently helped to form the basis for the most internationally accessed article on moral injury (Carey & Hodgson, 2018 ); with approximately 25,000 views across the US, Europe, Asia, Australia and New Zealand.…”

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A Bibliometric Analysis of the Journal of Religion and Health: Sixty Years of Publication (1961–2021)

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In 1961, the Journal of Religion and Health (JORH) commenced publishing articles that examined modern religious and spiritual philosophy in relation to psychology and health. The year 2021 marked the 60th anniversary of the founding of JORH . This research paper retrospectively analyses the journal’s content. It provides insight into JORH’ s publication trends, citation records, prominent themes, authors’ collaboration and its aggregate contribution to the field of religion and health. Over time, the number of publications, citations and downloads of JORH articles have substantially increased, as has the journals prominence and diverse contributions to the study of religion, spirituality and health.

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“…Plus, there is a review by John Saunders (2023) on Spiritual Readiness: Essentials for Military Leaders and Chaplains by H. G. Koenig, L. B. Carey and F. Al Zaben, which likewise notes the impact of moral injury and various rehabilitation methods. It is important to note, however, that there is a variety of systematic and/validated secular and pastoral care programmes for addressing MI, which we recommend that chaplains consider (see the tabulated summary overviews of Hodgson, Carey & Koenig, 2022;Jones et al, 2022;Koenig & Al Zaben, 2021). Readers may also like to read Chris Swift's (2017) review in HSCC (5.1) of the anthology by Tom Frame entitled Moral Injury: Unseen Wounds in an Age of Barbarism or alternatively a review on the same book by Carey et al (2016).…”

Section: Moral Injurymentioning

confidence: 99%

Conversations, Chaplaincy Boundaries, Moral Injury, Suicide and Using Electronic Patient Record Systems to Enhance Spiritual Care

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Grossoehme

Kissack

et al. 2023

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A diverse range of topics are covered in this issue of Health and Social Care Chaplaincy, namely: (i) end of life care, (ii) chaplaincy boundaries, (iii) moral injury, (iv) suicide, and (v) the increasingly important issue of electronic patient records. This issue also includes, once again, a number of book reviews. Finally, we welcome two new Co-Editors to the HSCC team, and note an upcoming European conference planned for 2024 focusing on spiritual care interventions.

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Moral Injury, Betrayal and Retribution: Australian Veterans and the Role of Chaplains

Cited by 10 publications

References 63 publications

The Impact of Faith-Based Pastoral Care in Decreasingly Religious Contexts: The Australian Chaplaincy Advantage in Critical Environments

The Impact of Faith-Based Pastoral Care in Decreasingly Religious Contexts: The Australian Chaplaincy Advantage in Critical Environments

A Bibliometric Analysis of the Journal of Religion and Health: Sixty Years of Publication (1961–2021)

Conversations, Chaplaincy Boundaries, Moral Injury, Suicide and Using Electronic Patient Record Systems to Enhance Spiritual Care

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