"Maybe Jesus Was Suicidal Too": A United Church of Christ Pastor Reflects on His Suicide Attempt

Research has long demonstrated that people who are religiously involved tend to be more shielded from suicide than those who are not, yet it has been less attentive to the conditions under which religiosity fails to inhibit suicidality. Since Durkheim’s 1897 Suicide investigated the link between rel...

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Main Author: Hall, Elizabeth Ryan (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: MDPI 2021
In: Religions
Year: 2021, Volume: 12, Issue: 11
Further subjects:B Spirituality
B Psychology
B Suicide Attempt
B Religion
B suicidology
B Qualitative
B Suicide
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