Moral Injury and a First World War Chaplain - The Life of G. A. Studdert Kennedy

This study examines Chaplain G. A. Studdert Kennedy, a British chaplain during World War I. The author analyzes Kennedy's poetry, prose, and postwar activities and the impact of moral injury on a combat veteran through the lens of contemporary psychological research.

List of contents

Introduction: My Personal Introduction to Chaplain G.A. Studdert Kennedy
Chapter 1: Who Was Chaplain G.A. Studdert Kennedy
Chapter 2: Chaplains, the Military and The Invisible Wounds of War
Chapter 3: Environmental Stresses; Physical, Cognitive, Social, Traumatic and Spiritual
Chapter 4: Spiritual Injury: Disappointment with God
Chapter 5: Moral Injury: The Chaplain and War
Chapter 6: Moral Injury: "Fed-Up," Disillusionment and Unmet Post-War Expectations
Chapter 7: Purification: Acknowledgement, Confession and Penance
Chapter 8: Recovery and Post-Traumatic Growth: Studdert Kennedy's Campaign against War and Poverty, 1922-1929
Chapter 9: A Survey of G.A. Studdert Kennedy's Works, 1917-1929
Bibliography
About the Author

About the author

By Dayne Edward Nix

Summary

This study examines Chaplain G. A. Studdert Kennedy, a British chaplain during World War I. The author analyzes Kennedy's poetry, prose, and postwar activities and the impact of moral injury on a combat veteran through the lens of contemporary psychological research.

Product details

• Authors: Dayne Edward Nix
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2022
• EAN: 9781666908657
• ISBN: 978-1-66690-865-7
• No. of pages: 248
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; First World War, RELIGION / Ethics, Trauma & shock, Abnormal psychology, Religious ethics, c 1914 to c 1918 (including WW1), World War One period (1914–1918), HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War I