"Spiritual Starvation" in a Holy Space—a Form of "Jerusalem Syndrome"
The purpose of this article is to study the narratives of two religious tourists who have chosen self-starvation on the streets of Jerusalem as their idiom of distress. Both were hospitalized involuntarily due to self-endangering behavior. It appears that in specific groups, restrictions of food int...
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Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis
2008
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Mental health, religion & culture
Year: 2008, Volume: 11, Issue: 2, Pages: 161-172 |
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