The Sin in the Aetiological Concept of Johann Christian August Heinroth (1773-1843)
Part 1: Between Theology and Psychiatry. Heinroth’s Concepts of ‘Whole Being’, ‘Freedom’, ‘Reason’ and ‘Disturbance of the Soul’
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19445708 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Holger Steinberg (0000-0002-0810-3480, Leipzig University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 329-344 |
| Publication date | 2004-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | History of Psychiatry (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0957-154X • E-ISSN: 1740-2360 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0957154x04043740 |
| PMID | 15386866 |
| OpenAlex | W2141872870 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 8 |
Throughout his work Johann Christian August Heinroth regarded sin to be the cause of mental illness. The present two-part paper investigates what exactly Heinroth understood by sin. Based on a thorough analysis of his own texts, this study shows that on the one hand Heinroth referred to sin in a Christian-Protestant sense. On the other, however, a moral-ethical code of conduct was also involved. Thus, Heinroth did not regard sin as a singular event, but rather as a life conducted in a wrong way for years or even decades, by which he meant a steady striving towards earthly, bodily satisfaction
Christian ethics · Psychoanalysis · Theology · Ethics in medical practice · History · Mental Health and Psychiatry · Philosophy · Psychoanalysis and Social Critique · Psychology · Religious studies
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,1 |
| Citation span | 2006 - 2012 (7) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |