Is Moral Injuries Really a Spiritual Injury?

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A lot of what clinicians are talking about is what they refer to as spiritual injuries. The question is, can we talk about a spiritual injury or the soul without talking about Christianity and theology? Is moral transgression actually is this really about sin? And again, I want to say, even though these are Christian activists and Christian based groups and churches, talking about sin, for the most part it's that you perceive you have sinned.

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