Moral Injury and Healing After the Great War: What G.A. Studdert Kennedy's Experience of Moral Injury Can Teach Us

In this article, I chart the development of Moral injury in the life of Rev. G.A. Studdert Kennedy, a well-known British Chaplain who served in the First World War. Studdert Kennedy did not benefit from contemporary insights on Moral Injury but intuitively followed a path toward healing that involved reflection, confession, penance and post-traumatic growth. Chaplain Studdert Kennedy's experience of Moral Injury can inform our contemporary understanding and treatment of this debilitating malady.