Distinguishing Mystical Religious Experience and Psychotic Experience: A Qualitative Study Interviewing Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Professionals

Mystical religious experience and psychotic disorders share non-rational experiences. Often it is difficult to distinguish one from the other. This qualitative research study interviewed 20 members of the Presbytery of Boston of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) to explore what clergy consider to be...

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Main Author: DeHoff, Susan (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Science Business Media B. V. 2015
In: Pastoral psychology
Year: 2015, Volume: 64, Issue: 1, Pages: 21-39
RelBib Classification:AE Psychology of religion
CB Christian life; spirituality
KDD Protestant Church
ZD Psychology
Further subjects:B Presbyterian Church in the USA
B Religious Experience
B PSYCHOTIC depression
B Psychoses
B Diagnostic criteria
B Psychotic Experience
B Mental Health
B Spiritualism
B Mystical Experience
B Qualitative Research
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