RT Article
T1 Revisiting the courage to be to understand transition from a military life
JF Practical theology
VO 11
IS 5
SP 387
OP 400
A1 Grimell, Jan
LA English
PB Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group
YR 2018
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1585160415
AB This article, drawn from a comprehensive empirical study, offers a theological reflection on the transition from military to civilian life. The author revisits Tillich's classical existential theology in an attempt to understand the transition as an existential threat to the participants in the study. The transition can be understood as a temporary state of non-being in life where identity, purpose, meaning, community, and belonging are at least initially lost, and this loss has implications for the spiritual and moral life of a service member amid transition. A call to friendship is proposed in order to assist a full transition to civilian life. The author suggests that theological interpretations of the process can contribute alternate voices and enrich the language repertoire and understandings of transition in secularised and pluralised contexts. Additionally, that it is beneficial to cultivate a more fruitful interdisciplinary relationship between the humanities (theology and the social sciences).
K1 Veterans
K1 Existential
K1 Friendship
K1 Transition
DO 10.1080/1756073X.2018.1474328