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October 23, 2025Journal of Psychology and Neuroscience

Disease as Dis-ease: Augustinian Medicine Medieval Constructions of Sin and Their Clinical Implications

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The essay demonstrates kabbalistic and Augustinian approaches to stigma and suffering in disease, indicating insights for narrative medicine.

Key Points

  • Healing is framed through the theological lens of disease, addressing both suffering and stigma within clinical encounters.
  • The essay highlights the significance of original sin in understanding disease as a relational and systemic issue requiring grace.
  • Combining kabbalistic and Augustinian doctrines, the approach fosters narrative medicine, emphasizing the importance of personal meaning in healing.
  • This framework challenges reductionist views of health, proposing a more integrative, participatory model of care.

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synapsesocial.com/papers/68fa32a40df2e6cd2f7422e5https://doi.org/10.47485/2693-2490.1133
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