"The Bible and Moral Injury offers an exploration (with case studies) of the interpretation of biblical texts, especially war-related narratives and ritual descriptions from the Old Testament, in conversation with research on the emerging notion of moral injury within psychology, military studies, philosophy, and ethics. This book explores two questions simultaneously: What happens when we read biblical texts, especially biblical stories of war and violence, in light of emerging research on moral injury?, and What does the study of biblical texts and their interpretation contribute to the emerging work on moral injury among other fields and with veterans, chaplains, and other practitioners?"-- Amazon.com.

Foreword by Rita Nakashima Brock -- Introduction -- Moral injury and biblical interpretation -- Moral injury and the case of King Saul (1 Samuel 9-31) -- Moral injury and the Bible's postwar rituals -- Moral injury, lament, and forgiveness -- Injured by the Bible: do the biblical warfare texts morally injure their readers? -- Retrospect and prospect -- Appendix: Current definitions of moral injury.