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Another wonderful event in the ICMI calendar - I'm honoured to welcome Dr Rita Nakashima Brock to Durham for the Robbins Lecture. All are welcome to this hybrid event!

New podcast! Soul Repair: After #MoralInjury By Rita Brock & Susan Diamond Episode 1 asks 'What is moral injury and why is it crucial for today's spiritual leaders to understand it?' Ft @atpapanik, @bspowers77, Nancy Wiener, and Joseph Wiinikka-Lydon bit.ly/SoulRepairPodc…

In our next #moralinjury webinar we will discuss the importance of examining the collective values, laws & political decisions that place individuals in morally injurious situations, often leaving a very few to suffer the consequences of collective choices mi-typology.eventbrite.co.uk

For our next webinar we will welcome Dr Carrie Doehring, Professor of #PastoralCare & #Counseling @ilifftheology, a licenced psychologist and an ordained minister. All welcome. icmi-doehring.eventbrite.co.uk #moralinjury @ArmyChaplaincy @RAFChaplains @of_fleet @BIAPTheology

We are launching the International Centre for Moral Injury. Join our webinar fal.cn/3tozb to learn how this could bring great benefit to many. #MoralInjury #RemembranceDay @SoulRepairBrite  @VOAShayCenter  @ChaplainLab  @PoppyLegion  @poppyscotland

I'm pleased to announce the launch of the International Centre for Moral Injury at Durham University, and to extend an invitation to our launch webinar next week! Please join us to see what it is about and feel free to share - all are welcome. durham.ac.uk/research/insti…

Great piece from David Wood, noting the profound trauma Ukrainian civilians are experiencing. “There is something in them that has been shattered, notions of humanity and who human beings are. It is hard to put back together.” washingtonmonthly.com/2022/05/10/the…

The April research update is out and contains some exciting news! vannfellow.wordpress.com

The Soul Repair Centre at Brite Divinity School in Texas hosts some wonderful FREE webinars on Moral Injury. I'm honoured to join this one with my brilliant colleagues, Rita Nakashima Brock and Kelly Denton-Borhaug. Register for it below. brite.edu/programs/soul-…

A good analysis of moral injury, history, imperial forces intertwined with atonement theology. christiancentury.org/article/how-my…

I've posted some reflections on moral injury and the situation in Afghanistan on the blog. vannfellow.wordpress.com/2021/09/03/mor…

While here weren't any "good" options left in Afghanistan, clearly this one will cause most of those who were there some moral trauma. Shay's notion of MI as the betrayal of "what's right" springs to mind. Check in on your OEF vets. theguardian.com/world/2021/aug…

The July Research update is out at vannfellow.wordpress.com/2021/07/22/jul…

This is a classic example of a systemic "betrayal of what's right" by policy makers that breeds moral injury in military members and veterans who experience moral anger and contempt for the government. Same situation in US with the SIV program. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

This is a gruesome and tragic accounting of the continued impact of violence and moral injury that all too often is ignored - death, drugs and traumatised families. It is a harrowing but important read. rollingstone.com/culture/cultur…

A great article here that talks about the increasing parallels between discussions about moral injury in military and Covid-19 healthcare contexts. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Join us tomorrow at 7pm for the Vann Research Programme Lecture with Revd Dr Timothy Mallard, 'Moral Injury and Future War'. Pls contact admin.cas@durham.ac.uk for a link.

Join us on Wednesday 10 February at 7pm for the Vann Research Programme Lecture with Kathryn White (Pembroke College, Oxford) on ‘'From Canteen to Christ': Social Work, Religion and the YMCA in the First World War’'. Pls contact admin.cas@durham.ac.uk for a link.

Join us tomorrow Wed 20 January at 7pm for the Vann Research Programme Lecture with Dr Gina Palmer (US Naval War College, Newport RI) on ‘Urakami Catholics, Memory, and Meaning of the Atomic Bomb at Nagasaki, August 9, 1945'. Contact admin.cas@durham.ac.uk for a link.

A terrifying glimpse at how the pandemic is creating fears of moral injury in healthcare workers. Also here - an implicit affirmation that moral injury arises from acting in life and death situations - what military members deal with frequently in war. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-556893…