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- Title
DIVINE MADNESS: THE DILEMMA OF RELIGIOUS SCRUPLES IN TWENTIETH-CENTURY AMERICA AND BRITAIN.
- Authors
Bourke, Joanna
- Abstract
The article presents a discussion of the religious and psychological treatment of scruples throughout the 20th century in Great Britain and the United States. Details are given highlighting the prevalence of over-attentive religiosity driven by anxiety in both societies, particularly within Roman Catholic piety. Discussion is offered outlining how addressing the issue moved from the domain of the ecclesiastical to the psychological. The development of theological psychopathology and Roman Catholic psychiatry in response to this trend are also mentioned.
- Subjects
UNITED Kingdom; UNITED States; SCRUPLES; RELIGIOUS psychology; PATHOLOGICAL psychology; RELIGIOUSNESS; RELIGIOUS addiction; CATHOLICS; CHRISTIAN life; SOCIAL conditions in Great Britain; UNITED States social conditions; TWENTIETH century
- Publication
Journal of Social History, 2009, Vol 42, Issue 3, p581
- ISSN
0022-4529
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/jsh.0.0152