Godsdienst, psychopathologie en moord. Historische en cultuurpsychologische notities bij een polemiek

Samenvatting

Religion, Psychopathology, and Murder. Historical and Cultural-Psychological Notes on a Controversy. Two very different interpretations of religiously linked murders in the Netherlands are contrasted: (1) R. van Meer's "Calvinisme of psychiatrie. Een psychiatrisch commentaar op Verrips's moorddadige interpretatie" ([Calvinism or Psychology: A Psychiatric Commentry on Verrips's Interpretation of Murder] Amsterdams Sociologisch Tijdschrift, 1988, 15, 1, 131-139); and (2) Jojada Verrips's "Slachtoffers van het geloof. Drie gevallen van doodslag in Calvinistische kring" ([Victims of Faith: Three Cases of Homicide in Calvinist Circles]. In Van Belzen kan me niet belezen (Van Belzen Doesn't Read Me Well), Verrips replies that although Van Belzen misconstrued some of her statements, she sees value in a middle-of-the-road approach, located between her religious interpretation and Van Meer's pscyhiatric interpretation. 18 References. M. Meeks