Sanctification and Therapy: The Model of Dante Alighieri
The Christian experience called “dying to self” and involvement in secular psychotherapy have been described in some religious circles as mutually exclusive if not antagonistic. The present article suggests that this is not necessarily the case. Careful analysis of one historically significant descr...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage Publishing
1988
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Journal of psychology and theology
Year: 1988, Volume: 16, Issue: 4, Pages: 313-317 |
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| Summary: | The Christian experience called “dying to self” and involvement in secular psychotherapy have been described in some religious circles as mutually exclusive if not antagonistic. The present article suggests that this is not necessarily the case. Careful analysis of one historically significant description of the process of sanctification. Dante Alighieri's Purgatorio, reveals several procedures frequently found in contemporary therapeutic practice. |
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| ISSN: | 2328-1162 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of psychology and theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/009164718801600401 |