TY - JOUR

T1 - En sjælelig klinik

T2 - Introspektion og diagnoser i 1700-tallets populære selvhjælpslitteratur

AU - Reeh, Tine R.

AU - Hemmingsen, Ralf Peter

PY - 2024

Y1 - 2024

N2 - A central theme in 18th-century Protestant theology is the pious subject. This is reflected in the many edifying writings and prints on self-examination and introspection. This article begins with an introduction to the theological understandings and developments that underlie the practice of soul diagnosis. The article then shows how the "inner person" becomes an object to be observed with empirical records and then analyzed to aid in salvation or healing. At the same time, we find an increased demand for (self-)examination and attention to one's health, understood as the unity of soul and body. New classification systems and diagnoses emerge that are widely disseminated and have reached far beyond their religious origins.

AB - A central theme in 18th-century Protestant theology is the pious subject. This is reflected in the many edifying writings and prints on self-examination and introspection. This article begins with an introduction to the theological understandings and developments that underlie the practice of soul diagnosis. The article then shows how the "inner person" becomes an object to be observed with empirical records and then analyzed to aid in salvation or healing. At the same time, we find an increased demand for (self-)examination and attention to one's health, understood as the unity of soul and body. New classification systems and diagnoses emerge that are widely disseminated and have reached far beyond their religious origins.

M3 - Tidsskriftartikel

VL - 1/2024

SP - 40

EP - 53

JO - Bibliotek for Laeger

JF - Bibliotek for Laeger

SN - 0906-5407

ER -