Resources & Field Notes

Short reflections and resources on moral injury, burnout, spiritual care, disaster response, and the honest work of naming what people carry.

Field Notes

Why This Conversation Matters

FIELD NOTE ABOUT MORAL INJURY #1 Welcome to The Moral Injury Project. If you have found your way here, there is a good chance that something about the phrase moral injury has captured your atte…

Foundations of Moral Injury

How Can Theology and Research Illuminate Each Other in Understanding Moral Injury?

The study of moral injury has emerged as one of the most significant developments in contemporary psychology, trauma studies, military ethics, healthcare, and helping professions. Originally explored among combat veterans, moral injury is increasingly recogniz…

What Is Moral Injury?

Moral injury describes the emotional, psychological, social, and spiritual distress that may arise when individuals experience events that violate deeply held moral beliefs, values, or expectations. Although initially studied among military veterans, moral inj…

Moral Injury vs. Burnout

Distinguishing Moral Wounds from Occupational Exhaustion

Moral Injury vs. PTSD

Understanding Two Distinct Forms of Trauma

How Moral Injury Develops

Betrayal, Helplessness, and Impossible Choices

The Spiritual Dimensions of Moral Injury

Meaning, Faith, and the Search for Repair

Lament as Moral Repair

What Ancient Faith Traditions Can Teach Us About Healing Moral Injury

The Beatitudes and Moral Injury

Reading Jesus Through the Lens of the Wounded, the Grieving, and the Burdened

Jesus and Moral Injury

Although the term moral injury is modern, many of the experiences associated with moral injury appear throughout Scripture. Among the most significant examples is the life and passion of Jesus. The Gospel accounts portray Jesus experiencing betrayal, abandonme…

The Psalms of Lament and Moral Injury

Learning to Pray When Trust Has Been Broken

Habakkuk and the Collapse of Certainty

What Happens When God Does Not Make Sense Anymore?