Moral Injury: Healing Intervention for the Wounded Warrior - Paperback

by Brent Dennis Culpen (Author)

Moral Injury is a fairly new term used to describe military personnel who have had their moral conscience compromised. However, the phenomenon appears to have been around for centuries, perhaps since soldiers have gone to war and suffered in their aftermath. In Moral Injury: Healing for the Wounded Warrior, you will learn what moral injury entails, analyze the biblical David in his struggles with moral injury, observe moral injury interventions and support for the wounded warrior's healing process. This book seeks to find, what kind of support can a military chaplain provide to guide military personnel who have developed Moral Injury that will restore them back into their communities? Dr. Brent Dennis Culpen is a Pentecostal minister, an Army Chaplain and has served as a youth pastor, associate pastor, and a hospital chaplain. He has a Doctor of Ministry (Moral Injury) from Wesley Theological Seminary, a Master of Divinity from the Assemblies of God Theological Seminary, and a Bachelor of Arts (Bible) from Central Bible College. His military career started after graduating high school. Years later he commissioned as an Army Chaplain. He has served over 25 years in the United States Army. Utilizing his moral injury degree, he has taught Moral Injury to Military Chaplains and Behavioral Health Clinics to bring awareness of the topic. He and his wife, Tammy, have 2 sons, and 2 grandsons.