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Article de Périodique
Spirituality, intoxication and addiction: Six forms of relationship (2013)
Auteur(s) :
ROOM, R.
Année
2013
Page(s) :
1109-1113
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Domaine :
Plusieurs produits / Several products
Résumé :
The paper considers six connections between spirituality and intoxication or addiction. They are: intoxication as a means of communication with a spiritual world; intoxication as destroying spirituality; shared use and intoxication as creating and validating community; spirituality and religion as a means of collective sobering-up; spirituality in individual sobering up; and abstinence as a spiritual practice, a witness, or a badge of membership in a spiritual community. Intoxication can either enhance or impede spirituality, both at individual and collective levels. Spirituality is often important in sobering up, both individually and collectively, and abstinence is a part of spiritual or religious practice in some traditions. But a full account must acknowledge the diversity in the interactions of spirituality and intoxication or addiction.
Affiliation :
Centre for Alcohol Policy Research, Turning Point Alcohol & Drug Centre, Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia; School of Population Health, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia
Cote :
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