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

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 of-and concern 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 imprin...