Benign and Pathological Religious Experience

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Autor(a) principal: Porcher, José Eduardo
Data de Publicação: 2022
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Psicopatologia Fenomenológica Contemporânea
Texto Completo: https://www.revistapfc.com.br/rpfc/article/view/1104
Resumo: In this paper, I draw on phenomenological analyses of religious voice-hearing and related experiences to elucidate the role of phenomenology in discerning benign from pathological religious experience. First, I present phenomenological discontinuities between cases of benign and pathological voice-hearing by drawing on a study of first-person accounts of voice-hearers within the Pentecostal movement which evinces that voice-hearing is not inherently pathological. Second, I introduce the epidemiological continuity of psychotic-like phenomena by drawing on a study of the contextual and responsive differences between clinical and non-clinical voice-hearers which point to the contexts wherein voice-hearing does not lead to pathology. Third, I present a successful case where the meaning of the anomalous experiences is validated and normalized by drawing on studies of mediumistic experience which illuminate its therapeutic benefits. Finally, I argue that failing to take the voice-hearer’s lived experience into account in the diagnostic moment can result in the pathologization of benign experiences.
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spelling Benign and Pathological Religious ExperienceEsperienza religiosa benigna e patologicaExperiência religiosa benigna e patológicaexperiência religiosaouvir vozesfenomenologiamedicalizaçãoreligious experiencevoice-hearingphenomenologymedicalizationIn this paper, I draw on phenomenological analyses of religious voice-hearing and related experiences to elucidate the role of phenomenology in discerning benign from pathological religious experience. First, I present phenomenological discontinuities between cases of benign and pathological voice-hearing by drawing on a study of first-person accounts of voice-hearers within the Pentecostal movement which evinces that voice-hearing is not inherently pathological. Second, I introduce the epidemiological continuity of psychotic-like phenomena by drawing on a study of the contextual and responsive differences between clinical and non-clinical voice-hearers which point to the contexts wherein voice-hearing does not lead to pathology. Third, I present a successful case where the meaning of the anomalous experiences is validated and normalized by drawing on studies of mediumistic experience which illuminate its therapeutic benefits. Finally, I argue that failing to take the voice-hearer’s lived experience into account in the diagnostic moment can result in the pathologization of benign experiences.Utilizo análises fenomenológicas da audição de vozes em contextos religiosos para elucidar o papel epistêmico da fenomenologia na distinção entre experiência religiosa benigna e patológica. Primeiro, apresento descontinuidades fenomenológicas entre casos de audição de vozes benigna e patológica, baseando-me em um estudo de relatos em primeira pessoa de ouvidores de vozes no movimento pentecostal que evidencia que a audição de vozes não é inerentemente patológica. Em segundo lugar, apresento a continuidade epidemiológica de fenômenos psicóticos, recorrendo a um estudo das diferenças contextuais e responsivas entre os ouvintes clínicos e não clínicos, que apontam a contextos nos quais a audição de vozes não leva à patologia. Terceiro, apresento um caso bem-sucedido em que experiências anômalas são normalizadas, com base em estudos de experiência mediúnica que iluminam seus benefícios terapêuticos. Finalmente, argumento que deixar de levar em consideração a experiência vivida no momento do diagnóstico pode resultar na patologização de experiências benignas.Sociedade Brasileira de Psicopatologia Fenômeno-Estrutural2022-05-10info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://www.revistapfc.com.br/rpfc/article/view/110410.37067/rpfc.v11i1.1104Revista Psicopatologia Fenomenológica Contemporânea; v. 11 n. 1 (2022); 44-612316-2449reponame:Psicopatologia Fenomenológica Contemporâneainstname:Sociedade Brasileira de Psicopatologia Fenômeno-Estrutural (SBPFE)instacron:SBPFEenghttps://www.revistapfc.com.br/rpfc/article/view/1104/1080Copyright (c) 2022 José Eduardo Porcherhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessPorcher, José Eduardo2022-10-20T17:21:31Zoai:ojs.rpfc.emnuvens.com.br:article/1104Revistahttps://www.revistapfc.com.br/rpfc/oaiONGhttps://www.revistapfc.com.br/rpfc/oaifenomenoestrutural@gmail.com || pfcrevista@gmail.com2316-24492316-2449opendoar:2022-10-20T17:21:31Psicopatologia Fenomenológica Contemporânea - Sociedade Brasileira de Psicopatologia Fenômeno-Estrutural (SBPFE)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Benign and Pathological Religious Experience
Esperienza religiosa benigna e patologica
Experiência religiosa benigna e patológica
title Benign and Pathological Religious Experience
spellingShingle Benign and Pathological Religious Experience
Porcher, José Eduardo
experiência religiosa
ouvir vozes
fenomenologia
medicalização
religious experience
voice-hearing
phenomenology
medicalization
title_short Benign and Pathological Religious Experience
title_full Benign and Pathological Religious Experience
title_fullStr Benign and Pathological Religious Experience
title_full_unstemmed Benign and Pathological Religious Experience
title_sort Benign and Pathological Religious Experience
author Porcher, José Eduardo
author_facet Porcher, José Eduardo
author_role author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Porcher, José Eduardo
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv experiência religiosa
ouvir vozes
fenomenologia
medicalização
religious experience
voice-hearing
phenomenology
medicalization
topic experiência religiosa
ouvir vozes
fenomenologia
medicalização
religious experience
voice-hearing
phenomenology
medicalization
description In this paper, I draw on phenomenological analyses of religious voice-hearing and related experiences to elucidate the role of phenomenology in discerning benign from pathological religious experience. First, I present phenomenological discontinuities between cases of benign and pathological voice-hearing by drawing on a study of first-person accounts of voice-hearers within the Pentecostal movement which evinces that voice-hearing is not inherently pathological. Second, I introduce the epidemiological continuity of psychotic-like phenomena by drawing on a study of the contextual and responsive differences between clinical and non-clinical voice-hearers which point to the contexts wherein voice-hearing does not lead to pathology. Third, I present a successful case where the meaning of the anomalous experiences is validated and normalized by drawing on studies of mediumistic experience which illuminate its therapeutic benefits. Finally, I argue that failing to take the voice-hearer’s lived experience into account in the diagnostic moment can result in the pathologization of benign experiences.
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