Abstract Is Thomas Kuhn’s model of scientific revolutions in terms paradigm shifts appropriately applied to cases radical changes religious outlook, and particular conversion faith, or loss faith? Since this question cannot be addressed purely a priori terms, three case studies philosophers who have described significant their own perspectives are examined. Part the justification for such an ap...

Background: Religion is often included in the beliefs and experiences of psychotic patients, and therefore becomes the target of psychiatric interventions. Objectives: This article examines religious beliefs and activities among nonpsychotic persons in the United States, Brazil and other areas of the world; discusses historical factors contributing to the wall of separation between religion and...

This paper explores neurotic and religious components of conversion and psychophysiological sequelae of Holocaust trauma in a child of concentration camp inmates. The patient is a 26-year-old married woman of orthodox Jewish faith, whose presenting symptom was noncyclic uterine bleeding. The uniqueness of the symptom is emphasized within the defensive use it represents of the ritual menstrual c...