Sustaining Lamentation for Military Moral Injury: Witness Poetry that Bears the Traces of Extremity
Witness poetry offers unique ways to recognize and lament the wounds of war. Poet Carolyn Forché defines poems of witness as those that bear the trace of extremity within them, and they are, as such, evidence of what occurred (1993, p. 30). Witness poetry, written in response to and in conditions...
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| Tipo de documento: | Recurso Electrónico Artigo |
| Idioma: | Inglês |
| Verificar disponibilidade: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2019]
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Pastoral psychology
Ano: 2019, Volume: 68, Número: 1, Páginas: 31-40 |
| Classificações IxTheo: | CD Cristianismo ; Cultura NCB Ética individual RG Pastoral |
| Outras palavras-chave: | B
pastoral care / Spiritual
B Sustaining lamentation B Military moral injury B Poetic Language B Witness poetry B Faith Communities |
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| Resumo: | Witness poetry offers unique ways to recognize and lament the wounds of war. Poet Carolyn Forché defines poems of witness as those that bear the trace of extremity within them, and they are, as such, evidence of what occurred (1993, p. 30). Witness poetry, written in response to and in conditions of extremity (utmost suffering and intense struggle), can help recognize and lament the grievous losses of moral injury in ways no other genre of literature can. Leaders in faith communities can draw upon witness poetry to recognize war-related losses and to facilitate lamentation with the expectation of finding ways to live with moral injury in the context of small groups of military service members, veterans, and their families. |
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| ISSN: | 1573-6679 |
| Obras secundárias: | Enthalten in: Pastoral psychology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/s11089-018-0855-8 |
