“You Have Shed Much Blood, and Waged Great Wars”: Killing, Bloodguilt, and Combat Stress

Are all warriors who have killed somehow polluted and prevented from an intimate relationship with God? This essay seeks to answer this question both affirmatively and negatively by correlating biblical literature, psychology, and the experience of veterans. Although killing in war defiles soldiers...

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Main Author: Bosworth, David A. 1972- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge 2008
In: Journal of religion, disability & health
Year: 2008, Volume: 12, Issue: 3, Pages: 236-250
Further subjects:B Killing
B Bloodguilt
B Religion
B ritual purity
B Stress
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