Word: neuroticisms
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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THE MAN WHO LOVED CHILDREN, by Christina Stead. This singular novel of family life was considered too intemperate when it was first published in 1940. Now, countless case studies later, Miss Stead's distillation of the warfare between neurotic parents rings terrifyingly true.
Theologically speaking, faith is a gift of God. But in the cold-eyed view of the trained psychiatrist, religious belief may also be a cover-up for deep inner anxiety and a cause of neurosis. Dr. Leon Salzman, professor of clinical psychiatry at Georgetown University medical school, argues that it...
Church-Induced Guilt. Both clergymen and doctors agreed that authoritarian religion can be a major source of neurosis. Salzman noted some symptoms of unhealthy faith that often show up among new adherents to dogmatic churches: "an irrational intensity of belief" in the new doctrine, greater concern for form and theology...
Neurotic faith is not just a laymen's problem. Dr. Leo H. Bartemeier of Baltimore's Seton Psychiatric Institute suggested that ministers should be "as free as possible from delusions about their own omnipotence." And the Rev. Edward S. Golden, secretary of the United Presbyterians' Inter-Board...
Humanity Breaks Through. Clergymen with emotional problems, both pastors and doctors agreed, usually come from homes with a weak father and a domineering mother. Unaccustomed to strong paternal authority, argued Golden, these ministers find their problems accentuated when they take over a parish, often to be overprotected by congregations that...