All in faith: Religion as the idiom and means of coping with distress

This paper describes the way that people for whom religion is at the heart of their cultural and personal life try to cope with their problems via religious dogma or practise. It illustrates this through the three cases drawn from the ultra-Orthodox Jews of Jerusalem. The first describes a situation...

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Authors: Heilman, Samuel C. (Author) ; Witztum, Eliezer (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Taylor & Francis 2000
In: Mental health, religion & culture
Year: 2000, Volume: 3, Issue: 2, Pages: 115-124
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