Religions | |
Sin and Addiction: Conceptual Enemies or Fellow Travelers? | |
Linda Mercadante1  Chris Cook1  | |
[1] Straker Professor of Historical Theology, The Methodist Theological School in Ohio, 3081 Columbus Pike, Delaware, Ohio 43015, USA; E-Mail | |
关键词: addiction recovery; theology; sin; spirituality; Oxford Group; religion; Protestant; will power; disease; moralism; | |
DOI : 10.3390/rel6020614 | |
来源: mdpi | |
【 摘 要 】
The addiction recovery metaphor of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and the sin/salvation metaphor of Protestant heritage have a lot more in common than people realize. On the surface, of course, it seems that the addiction recovery process is quite the opposite of what is assumed to be a religious approach to addiction. Many assume that religion takes a moralistic or judgmental attitude to addiction, focusing on intentional wrong-doing, lack of will power, or sin,
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