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Adam Tietje
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Shifting the Pastoral Theology Conversation on Moral Injury: The Personal Is Political for Soldiers and Veterans, Too

Journal Article Pastoral Psychology · December 1, 2023 Pastoral theological scholarship on moral injury has not yet fully metabolized the liberative trajectory of pastoral theological discourse. To date, the care of those who come home from war remains largely depoliticized. This article argues that the wounds ... Full text Cite

A Path Through the Hell of War Trauma: Pavel Florensky's Theology of Friendship

Chapter · July 15, 2023 This book presents a multi-religious discussion of spiritual and ethical formation through friendship. ... Cite

War, Masculinity, and the Ambiguity of Care

Journal Article Pastoral Psychology · February 1, 2021 This paper makes the case that to the extent that churches and military chaplains leave the command-obedience relationship of soldiers and the state unchallenged they are complicit in structures that put their care to potentially abusive ends. The paper pr ... Full text Cite

A seductive confusion of authority: Military chaplains and the wearing of rank

Journal Article Journal of Church and State · January 1, 2020 Full text Cite

Contra Rambo’s “Theology of Remaining”: A Chalcedonian and Pastoral Conception of Trauma

Journal Article Pro Ecclesia: A Journal of Catholic and Evangelical Theology · February 2019 Trauma and moral injury are horrific psychological wounds of war. In this article, Tietje argues they are also overwhelming soul wounds of war. Following Deborah Hunsinger’s use of Barth’s Chalcedonian pattern, Tietje argues for a conceptual disti ... Full text Cite

Toward a Pastoral Theology of Holy Saturday Providing Spiritual Care for War Wounded Souls

Book · November 1, 2018 In the aftermath, many feel abandoned by God. Adam D. Tietje suggests that Holy Saturday, Christ’s descent into hell, is the place where God fully identifies with our God-abandonment. ... Cite