Narratives of Trauma and Moral Agency among Christian Post-9/11 Veterans
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-031-31081-2 (ISBN)
Serving in the military is often a disruptive event in the lives of those who join, precipitating a reassessment of the service member's ethical sensibilities or, tragically, resulting in lasting moral injury and trauma. The military experience compels them to navigate multiple identities, from citizen to warrior and back. Their religious identity, sometimes rooted in a civilian religious community, can be altered by military participation.
Through a series of inductive, in-depth qualitative interviews, Suitt explores how varied religious resources and potentially traumatic events affect the lives of post-9/11 veterans who once or currently identified as Christian. Adding to existing research on moral injury, it traces how military chaplains, ethics education, just war theory rhetoric, and formal religious practice supplied by the military alter the course of service members' moral lives. These narrative trajectories reveal how veterans use Christian faith or other systems of meaning-making to understand war and their identities as service members and veterans.
Thomas H. (Ben) Suitt, III is a graduate of Boston University and the author of "Finding Resonance amid Trauma." A contributor for the Costs of War Project (2022 US Peace Prize recipient), his white paper "High Suicide Rates among United States Service Members and Veterans of the Post-9/11 Wars" received international attention. He has been featured on NPR, NBC, New York Times, and other major news outlets. Suitt resides with his family in Franklin, TN where he teaches English at Franklin Road Academy.
1. Introduction.- 2. Military Chaplains and the Two-Collar Problem.- 3. Christian Influence and Variation in Military Ethics Education.- 4. The Religious Life of the US Military.- 5. Finding Resonance: Religion and Moral Injury.- 6. Religion, Trauma, and PTSD.- 7. Coming Home and the Evolution of Religious Identities.- 8. Conclusion.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 26.05.2023 |
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| Zusatzinfo | XIII, 270 p. |
| Verlagsort | Cham |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 148 x 210 mm |
| Gewicht | 498 g |
| Themenwelt | Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte |
| Schlagworte | lived religion • Military • Military Ethics • moral injury • Sociology of Religion • veterans |
| ISBN-10 | 3-031-31081-0 / 3031310810 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-3-031-31081-2 / 9783031310812 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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