
Moral Injury After Abortion
Exploring the Psychospiritual Impact on Catholic Women
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 17. October 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
160 pages
978-1-032-32514-9 (ISBN)
Description
Moral Injury After Abortion delves deeply into the psychospiritual responses that some women experience when an abortive act conflicts with their moral beliefs and values. The book is grounded in a qualitative, phenomenological study that examined the lived experiences of thirty Christian women after abortion. The study participants' voices are woven throughout the book in a way that offers the reader a narrative understanding of their experiences and a thick description of the psychospiritual impact of moral injury after abortion. The book provides mental health scholars and professionals with strategies for assessing for moral injury experiences among women post-abortion as well as a guide for addressing the spiritual and psychological impact of post-abortive moral injury.
Reviews / Votes
"This exploration of women's experiences of moral injury after abortion models the highest standards of interdisciplinary qualitative research and clinical care. It should be required reading for community faith leaders, chaplains, and spiritually oriented therapists who want to understand, lament, and help repair moral suffering." Carrie Doehring, PhD, Clifford Baldridge Professor of Pastoral Care and Counseling, Iliff School of Theology"Moral injuries are often deeply personal and kept private from public view, yet the pathway of recovery intrinsically relates to a person's social relational world because moral identity is not merely individual but interpersonal, societal, and political. This book enfranchises these otherwise unheard voices that demand our collective attention. May we as readers be as courageous as these women in navigating these haunting moral conflicts." Zachary Moon, PhD, associate professor of theology and psychology, Chicago Theological Seminary
"The authors skillfully deepen our understanding of both moral injury and abortion by studying with rigor and compassion the spiritual and ethical aftermath of the interruption of pregnancy. This is a much-needed text that offers important suggestions on how to support the spiritual healing of people that experience moral injury after an abortion." Gabriella Lettini, PhD, A. H. Reinhart Professor of Theological Ethics and academic dean, Starr King School for the Ministry
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Postgraduate and Professional
Illustrations
2 s/w Tabellen, 2 s/w Abbildungen, 2 s/w Zeichnungen
2 Tables, black and white; 2 Line drawings, black and white; 2 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight
228 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-032-32514-9 (9781032325149)
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Tara C. Carleton | Jill L. Snodgrass
Moral Injury After Abortion
Exploring the Psychospiritual Impact on Catholic Women
Book
08/2022
1st Edition
Routledge
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Tara C. Carleton | Jill L. Snodgrass
Moral Injury After Abortion
Exploring the Psychospiritual Impact on Catholic Women
E-Book
08/2022
1st Edition
Routledge
€55.49
Available for download

Tara C. Carleton | Jill L. Snodgrass
Moral Injury After Abortion
Exploring the Psychospiritual Impact on Catholic Women
E-Book
08/2022
1st Edition
Routledge
€55.49
Available for download
Persons
Tara C. Carleton, PhD, LCPC, is a counselor at Safe Harbor Behavioral Care in Maryland and worked as a research team member at the Center for Trauma Studies and Resilience Leadership.
Jill L. Snodgrass, PhD, is an associate professor of theology at Loyola University Maryland and clinical director of the Center for Spiritual Support Training at Greater Baltimore Medical Center.
Jill L. Snodgrass, PhD, is an associate professor of theology at Loyola University Maryland and clinical director of the Center for Spiritual Support Training at Greater Baltimore Medical Center.
Author
Safe Harbor Behavioral Care, Maryland, USA
Loyola University Maryland, USA
Content
Introduction, 1. Understanding Abortion, 2. The Development of Moral Injury Post-Abortion, 3. Narratives of Moral Injury Post-Abortion, 4. Abortion as a Morally Transgressive Experience, 5. Moral Repair After Abortion: Clinical Implications