Creating moral space: How military chaplains in the Netherlands support veterans with moral injury

Laura Mudde; Carmen Schuhmann; Gaby Jacobs

doi:10.3389/fsoc.2025.1636853

Creating moral space: How military chaplains in the Netherlands support veterans with moral injury

Humanist Chaplaincy Studies for a Plural Society

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Abstract

The concept of moral injury has drawn attention to the role of military chaplains (MCs) in supporting veterans. While international research has explored military chaplaincy interventions, collaboration with mental health professionals, and institutional influences, longitudinal, process-oriented insights into military chaplaincy practice remain scarce, particularly in the Dutch context, which combines secularization, pluralized worldviews, and a unique institutional position of MCs.

Original language	English
Article number	1636853
Number of pages	14
Journal	Frontiers in Sociology
Volume	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2025.1636853
Publication status	Published - 13 Oct 2025

Keywords

Longitudinal qualitative research
Military chaplaincy
Moral injury
Moral learning
Veterans

Themes from the UHS research agenda

Humanist chaplaincy and meaning making

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