Unpardonable Sins: The Mentally Ill and Evangelicalism in America
This article explores the troubled relationship between evangelicals and the mentally ill community, focusing primarily on a Reformed/fundamentalist movement known as nouthetics or biblical counselling. I argue that for a large number of evangelicals, mentally ill people represent a diseased "o...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2011]
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| In: |
Journal of religion and popular culture
Year: 2011, Volume: 23, Issue: 1, Pages: 65-81 |
| Further subjects: | B
Nouthetics
B Mental Illness B biblical counselling B Psychology B Evangelicalism |
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Volltext (Resolving-System) Volltext (doi) |
| Summary: | This article explores the troubled relationship between evangelicals and the mentally ill community, focusing primarily on a Reformed/fundamentalist movement known as nouthetics or biblical counselling. I argue that for a large number of evangelicals, mentally ill people represent a diseased "other" population, in many ways as inherently "sinful" as gays and lesbians. Through this analysis, I promote a better understanding of mentally ill evangelicals, and more importantly, a better understanding of what the term "mentally ill" specifically denotes among evangelicals. |
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| ISSN: | 1703-289X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of religion and popular culture
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.3138/jrpc.23.1.65 |
