Grimell, J., & Letovaltseva, T., (In press). Holy mission or mission impossible? Military chaplaincy interoperability in NATO: Case Studies of Sweden and Belgium. Health and Social Care Chaplaincy.
Grimell, J. (2025). Walking beside soldiers: Swedish military chaplains and their questions. Practical Theology, 1–17.
Grimell, J. (2025). Preserving the human character in an inhuman situation: the contributions and meanings of military soul care in the Swedish armed forces. Frontiers in Psychiatry.
Mudde, L., Schuhmann, C., and Jacobs, G. (2025) Creating moral space: How military chaplains in the Netherlands support veterans with moral injury. Frontiers in Sociology. 10:1636853. doi: 10.3389/fsoc.2025.1636853
Mudde, L., Schuhmann, C., and Jacobs, G. (2025) Engaging in moral learning: veterans’ perspectives on how the moral dimensions of moral injury are addressed in one-on-one meetings with Dutch military chaplains. Frontiers in Sociology. 10:1488372. doi: 10.3389/fsoc.2025.1488372
Grimell, J. (2025). “Am I a priest in the armed forces, or a soldier who is a priest?” Identity work among military chaplains in the Swedish armed forces. Frontiers in Sociology. 10:1645776.
Grimell, J., Letovaltseva, T., Aalto, J., & De Ceuster, H. (2025). Commanding with compassion: Harnessing the potential of military chaplains within the NATO structure. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 16, Article 1599662.
Grimell, J. (2025). Ukrainian military chaplaincy in war: An introduction. Health and Social Care Chaplaincy, 12(2), 106–132.
Grimell, J. (2025). Ukrainian military chaplaincy in war: Lessons from Ukraine. Health & Social Care Chaplaincy, 12, 133–164.
Grimell, J. (2025). Understanding Ukrainian military chaplains as defenders of the human soul. Frontiers in Sociology, 10, Article 1559023.
Grimell, J. (2025). Military chaplaincy in Ukraine: Defenders of humanity. Australian Army Chaplaincy Journal, p. 9-27.
Grimell, J. (2024). Understanding the presence of military priests conducting Military Soul Care in the Swedish armed forces: A medical sociological perspective. Frontiers in Sociology, 9, Article 1408067.
Grimell, J. (2024). The Mask of the Warrior: unraveling deep-seated health vulnerabilities in veteran identities. Frontiers in Sociology, 9, 1-14.
Grimell, J. (2024). Swedish veterans of foreign conflicts and veteran health limbo. Journal of Veterans Studies, 10(2), pp. 72–79. DOI:
Grimell, J. (2023). Moral injury: understanding Swedish veterans who are assessed but not diagnosed with PTSD. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 14, 1-13.
Grimell, J., & Atuel, H. (2023). Beyond PTSD: A multi-case study exploring identity, moral injury, and spiritual injury. Journal of Veteran Studies, 9(3), 9–22. DOI:
Grimell, J. (2023). Evil, Constructed: A Salient Part of an Emerging Spiritual Veteran Identity. Journal of Pastoral Care & Counseling, OnlineFirst, 1-10. DOI:
Karle I. & Peuckmann N. (2022). In the Shadow of the Operation: Moral and Spiritual Injuries as New Challenges for Pastoral Care in the German Armed Forces. The Impact of Military on Character Formation, Ethical Education, and the Communication of Values in Late Modern Pluralistic Societies. Edited by Pickard St., Welker M. and Witte Jr. J. Leipzig. 153–166. DOI: 10.5771/9783374071883-153
Peuckmann N. (2022). In kritischer Solidarität. Eine Theorie der Militärseelsorge. Leipzig. DOI: 10.5771/9783374071265.
Liuski, T., & Grimell, J. (2022). The professional competence of the Finnish and Swedish military chaplains in divergent operational environments: An international comparison. Religion, Worldviews, and Education, 2(1), 74-96.
Grimell, J. (2021). I-position as a tool to advance the understanding of pastors and deacons who navigate contrasting identities as chaplains: A narrative analysis. Journal of Health Care Chaplaincy. DOI:
Grimell, J. (2020). An interview study of experiences from pastors providing military spiritual care within the Swedish Armed Forces. Journal of Health Care Chaplaincy.
Grimell, J. (2020). Military chaplaincy in Sweden: A contemporary perspective. Journal of Health Care Chaplaincy. DOI:
Grimell, J., & Nilsson, S. (2020). An advanced perspective on moral challenges and their health-related outcomes through an integration of the moral distress and moral injury theories. Military Psychology.
Grimell, J. (2020). Can service members and veterans find parallels between Biblical combat veterans and their own lives? Spirituality in Clinical Practice.
Grimell, J. (2020). Widening the gallery of Biblical combat veteran types with Gideon. Journal of Pastoral Care & Counseling, 74(2), 115–123.
Grimell, J. (2019). Revisiting living in limbo to illustrate a pastoral psychological understanding of transition from military to civilian life. Pastoral Psychology, 68, 393-405.
Grimell, J. (2019). Revisiting the cost of discipleship in the aftermath of military service: Insights for Christian communal life in a secular Swedish context. Ecclesial Practices, 6(1), 28-43.
Grimell, J. (2019). Suffering for others while making others suffer: Military narratives of sacrifice. Journal of Pastoral Care & Counseling, 73(1), 30-40.
Grimell, J. (2018). To understand and support contemporary veterans utilizing Biblical combat veteran types. Journal of Pastoral Care & Counseling, 72(4), 232-240.
Grimell, J. (2018). Contemporary insights from Biblical combat veterans through the lenses of moral injury and PTSD. Journal of Pastoral Care & Counseling, 72(4), 241-251.
Grimell, J. (2018). Veterans, the hidden wounds of war, and soul repair. Spiritual Care, 7(4), 353-363.
Grimell, J. (2018). Revisiting the courage to be to understand transition from a military life. Practical Theology, 11(5), 387-400.
Grimell, J. (2017). Making dialogue with an existential voice in transition from military to civilian life. Theory & Psychology, 27(6), 832-850.
