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Full Darkness: Original Sin, Moral Injury, and Wartime Violence is unavailable, but you can change that!

A theological treatment of war, trauma, and the fundamental character of human existence. In Full Darkness theologian and wartime veteran Brian Powers argues that the Augustinian concept of original sin can illuminate the nature of wartime violence, particularly through the lens of veteran trauma. He shows precisely how sin and war both cause human identity, agency, and hope to be lost. Powers...

psychological trauma of our military members.6 The conflict in Afghanistan has become the longest conflict in American history. The war in Iraq stands as the third longest, with only the Vietnam War between the two. These lengthy, “low intensity” wars together have produced a generation of increasingly traumatized veterans. Recent studies show that as many as 20 percent of veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan have post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or suffer from significant depression.
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