“Eddyism疯狂驱动”:基督教科学、大众精神病理学和信仰与疯狂的世纪之交竞赛

IF 0.3 3区 哲学 Q2 HISTORY
A. Prince
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摘要在二十世纪之交,基督教科学家们一直在争论他们的信仰与其说是宗教,不如说是一种精神病理。本文分析了基督科学教会,特别是其公共关系部门出版委员会,是如何系统地与基督教科学作为精神错乱来源或指标的流行描述进行斗争的。两个备受关注的法庭案件,都是基于一名基督教科学女性的精神错乱和随之而来的无力管理她的商业事务,探讨了它们对促进基督教科学与疯狂之间因果关系的文化影响。这项研究利用了教会出版委员会收集和存档的剪报以及法庭记录,来证明精神错乱指控在塑造基督教科学早期历史及其公众认知方面的重要性。作为一种以神圣的治愈和健康为前提的宗教传统,对基督教科学的流行精神病理学解释尤其具有颠覆性,不仅抹黑和破坏了宗教对治愈的主张,而且引发了社会对基督教科学研究对女性健康构成独特威胁的担忧。这项研究提请人们注意新闻界和一场新的宗教运动之间的动态历史交流,以及与宗教有关的精神错乱的普遍指控中所包含的多元性别假设。
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‘Driven Insane by Eddyism’: Christian Science, Popular Psychopathology, and a Turn-of-the-Century Contest over Faith and Madness
ABSTRACT At the turn of the twentieth century, Christian Scientists contended with ongoing allegations that their faith was more of a mental pathology than a religion. This article analyzes how the Church of Christ, Scientist, in particular its public relations branch the Committee on Publication, systematically contended with popular portrayals of Christian Science as a source or indicator of insanity. Two highly profiled court cases, both predicated on the purported insanity of a Christian Science woman and her attendant inability to manage her business affairs, are explored for their cultural effect on the promotion of the causal association between Christian Science and madness. This study employs newspaper clippings collected and archived by the Church's Committee on Publication as well as court records to argue for the salience of the insanity charge in shaping the early history of Christian Science and its public perception. As a religious tradition premised on divine healing and health, popular psychopathological interpretations of Christian Science were particularly subversive and functioned not only to discredit and undermine the religion's claims to healing but to forward societal fears that Christian Science study posed a unique threat to women's health. This examination draws attention to a dynamic historical exchange between the press and a new religious movement, as well as the polyvalent gendered presumptions embedded in popular charges of insanity in association with religion.
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期刊介绍: Religion and American Culture is devoted to promoting the ongoing scholarly discussion of the nature, terms, and dynamics of religion in America. Embracing a diversity of methodological approaches and theoretical perspectives, this semiannual publication explores the interplay between religion and other spheres of American culture. Although concentrated on specific topics, articles illuminate larger patterns, implications, or contexts of American life. Edited by Philip Goff, Stephen Stein, and Peter Thuesen.
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