Unity among Division

Dissociative Identity Disorder and the Indwelling of the Holy Spirit

Bibliographic Data

ID22112365
AuthorsHarvey Cawdron (0000-0001-5712-0570, University of St Andrews, corresponding author)
Year2024
Volume28
Issue2
Pages164-188
Publication date2024-04-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Disability & Religion (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2331-2521 • E-ISSN: 2331-253X
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/23312521.2023.2230178
OpenAlexW4382775861
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited56

Dissociative Identity Disorder is a mental disorder in which seemingly independent identities arise within the same body. It is a disorder that raises profound questions about our understandings of certain theological concepts and doctrines, especially if one can consider the different identities to be different persons. In this paper, I shall provide support for this claim by exploring the implications that Dissociative Identity Disorder can have for our understanding of the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. After outlining two models of the indwelling that have been proposed in the contemporary analytic literature, I am going to explain the problem that Dissociative Identity Disorder seems to raise for these models. I will then consider various potential solutions and shall highlight which I find to be the most convincing

Aesthetics · Dissociative · Dissociative identity disorder · Multiple Personality Disorder · Psychiatry · Psychoanalysis · Psychotherapist · Mental Health and Psychiatry · Paranormal Experiences and Beliefs · Philosophy · Philosophy and Theoretical Science · Psychology

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