Title: If Billy Sunday comes to town - delusion as a religious experience?
Description: This book explores how religious delusion can be acknowledged as a religious experience. In addition, the book presents a detailed case-study of the life of Presbyterian minister Anton T. Boisen (1876-1965), his crises and the religious delusion that brought him to the brink of the abyss after the trauma he experienced during World War I--Back cover.
Subjects: Mental health clergy, Biography, Experience (Religion), Religious Psychology, Delusions, Foundationalism (Theory of knowledge), Clinical pastoral education (Movement), History, Geestelijke verzorging, Psychosen, Fundamentele theologie, Religiöser Wahn, Religiöse Erfahrung, Pastoralpsychologie, Fundamentaltheologie, Autobiografie
Places: United States
People: Anton T. Boisen (1876-1965)
Time periods: 20th century