An existential case study of madness: Encounters with divine affliction

Journal of Humanistic Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 431-454

  Kiser, Scott ^a,b  

^a SAYBROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Divine; Existential; Phenomenological; Psychosis; Suffering; Transformation

Indexed keywords

EID: 6344233633     PISSN: 00221678     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022167804269043     Document Type: Article

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