The three Christs of Ypsilanti : a psychological study /
Rokeach, Milton,author.
Moody, Rick,writer of introduction.
At Ypsilanti State Hospital in 1959, the social psychologist Milton Rokeach brought together three paranoid schizophrenics. The men had one thing in common: each believed himself to be Jesus Christ. Their meeting and the two years they spent in one another's company serves as the basis for an investigation into the nature of human identity, belief, and delusion.
Originally published: New York : Knopf, 1964.
"Now a major motion picture"--Front cover.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
At Ypsilanti State Hospital in 1959, the social psychologist Milton Rokeach brought together three paranoid schizophrenics. The men had one thing in common: each believed himself to be Jesus Christ. Their meeting and the two years they spent in one another's company serves as the basis for an investigation into the nature of human identity, belief, and delusion.
Belief and doubt
Psychology, Pathological
Hallucinations and illusions
Attitude (Psychology)
Schizophrenia
Attitude change