The dissonance of guilt : an examination of the human condition's fundamental dynamic of guilt feelings, referring to psychological and religious discourse and how they could be combined to facilitate mental health

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dc.contributor.advisorChidester, Daviden_ZA
dc.contributor.advisorCumpsty, John Sen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorBoothroyd, David Gordonen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-11-08T05:12:40Z
dc.date.available2015-11-08T05:12:40Z
dc.date.issued1986en_ZA
dc.descriptionBibliography: leaves 187-208.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractFeeling guilty is an experience we all know. It is a condition that ensures we remain cognisant of our obligations to our- selves and to others so that we live within the bounds of appropriate behaviour. When obligations are violated and deviance is evident, the resultant dissonance between expected and contrary behaviour generates feelings of inner environment discomfort and self-criticism recognised as guilt feelings. Whether such states of internal dissonance are psychodynamically induced, as Freud maintained, or are the result of not meeting ethical obligations, as decreed by particular religious systems, or are due to an inevitable faculty of being human, they have to be controlled if the mental health of the individual experiencing them is not to be detrimentally affected. What psychology and religion have to say about ensuring that this control is effective has unfortunately become dichotomous and disparate realms of discourse. A common discourse is necessary if the insights of each are to most effectively deal with mental health care. To this end, this thesis is presented as a means for assisting psychotherapists in a re-assessment of the interface between psychology and religion.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationBoothroyd, D. G. (1986). <i>The dissonance of guilt : an examination of the human condition's fundamental dynamic of guilt feelings, referring to psychological and religious discourse and how they could be combined to facilitate mental health</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Religious Studies. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14743en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationBoothroyd, David Gordon. <i>"The dissonance of guilt : an examination of the human condition's fundamental dynamic of guilt feelings, referring to psychological and religious discourse and how they could be combined to facilitate mental health."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Religious Studies, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14743en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationBoothroyd, D. 1986. The dissonance of guilt : an examination of the human condition's fundamental dynamic of guilt feelings, referring to psychological and religious discourse and how they could be combined to facilitate mental health. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Boothroyd, David Gordon AB - Feeling guilty is an experience we all know. It is a condition that ensures we remain cognisant of our obligations to our- selves and to others so that we live within the bounds of appropriate behaviour. When obligations are violated and deviance is evident, the resultant dissonance between expected and contrary behaviour generates feelings of inner environment discomfort and self-criticism recognised as guilt feelings. Whether such states of internal dissonance are psychodynamically induced, as Freud maintained, or are the result of not meeting ethical obligations, as decreed by particular religious systems, or are due to an inevitable faculty of being human, they have to be controlled if the mental health of the individual experiencing them is not to be detrimentally affected. What psychology and religion have to say about ensuring that this control is effective has unfortunately become dichotomous and disparate realms of discourse. A common discourse is necessary if the insights of each are to most effectively deal with mental health care. To this end, this thesis is presented as a means for assisting psychotherapists in a re-assessment of the interface between psychology and religion. DA - 1986 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 1986 T1 - The dissonance of guilt : an examination of the human condition's fundamental dynamic of guilt feelings, referring to psychological and religious discourse and how they could be combined to facilitate mental health TI - The dissonance of guilt : an examination of the human condition's fundamental dynamic of guilt feelings, referring to psychological and religious discourse and how they could be combined to facilitate mental health UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14743 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/14743
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationBoothroyd DG. The dissonance of guilt : an examination of the human condition's fundamental dynamic of guilt feelings, referring to psychological and religious discourse and how they could be combined to facilitate mental health. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Religious Studies, 1986 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14743en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Religious Studiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherTheology - Christian Religionen_ZA
dc.subject.otherEthicsen_ZA
dc.titleThe dissonance of guilt : an examination of the human condition's fundamental dynamic of guilt feelings, referring to psychological and religious discourse and how they could be combined to facilitate mental healthen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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dc.type.qualificationnameMAen_ZA
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