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A Chaplain's View on Religious Delusions (and Other Extraordinary Experiences): Towards a Theological Framework of
1De Forensische Zorgspecialisten, Amersfoort, the Netherlands.
Abstract:
In this article, the author discusses the question of how to evaluate delusions with religious or spiritual content from a theological perspective. How does a spiritual care practitioner listen to such delusions? The author proposes a theory of meaning that can account for both ordinary and extraordinary experiences and discusses a list of theological criteria in terms of which spiritual care practitioners can understand delusional and other extraordinary experiences and beliefs with spiritual content.
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