From Coffin to Heaven: A Psychological Study of Christian Conversion in Drug Rehabilitation
by Ho-yee Ng
Category: Psychology

This is the story of a group of men who called themselves "heroin-coffin". It is their story of ascension from the Styxian shore of heroin addiction to a new-found heaven in a Christian brotherhood. The research study which gives rise to this story raises the question of the apparent antagonism between science and religion. Can religious faith be studied from a scientific viewpoint?