Male Genital Self-Mutilation in the Context of Religious Belief

The objective of this article is to draw attention to the phenomenon of self-mutilation ‘sanctioned ’ by religious belief. Jerusalem, the center of the world’s monotheist religions, is a powerful magnet, calling believers to come and there, perform certain prescribed actions. Witztum and Kalian

Epistemology · Psychiatry · Religious belief · Clinical Psychology · Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting Issues · Genital Health and Disease · History · Medicine · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology · Urological Disorders and Treatments

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