{"title":"What can the Renegade Teach us About Religion and Mental Health? A Philosophical Examination of Albert Camus' \"The Renegade, or a Confused Spirit\".","authors":"Carl Jayson D Hernandez","doi":"10.1007/s10943-024-02192-4","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study philosophically examines Albert Camus' \"The Renegade, or a Confused Spirit,\" one of the short stories in Exile and the Kingdom. Despite previous scholarly interpretations of the story, the direct correlation between religion and mental health has not been explored sufficiently. In utilizing the theoretical framework of fiction as analogous to philosophical thought experiments, this article infers the pedagogical dimension of the short story, leading to the claim that \"The Renegade\" creates an aesthetic experience with the potential and risk to counter or reinforce the reader's ideologies, including religious ones. In turn, the understanding concerning the interplay between religious identity-making and mental health is deepened.</p>","PeriodicalId":48054,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Religion & Health","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2000,"publicationDate":"2024-11-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Religion & Health","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-024-02192-4","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH","Score":null,"Total":0}
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This study philosophically examines Albert Camus' "The Renegade, or a Confused Spirit," one of the short stories in Exile and the Kingdom. Despite previous scholarly interpretations of the story, the direct correlation between religion and mental health has not been explored sufficiently. In utilizing the theoretical framework of fiction as analogous to philosophical thought experiments, this article infers the pedagogical dimension of the short story, leading to the claim that "The Renegade" creates an aesthetic experience with the potential and risk to counter or reinforce the reader's ideologies, including religious ones. In turn, the understanding concerning the interplay between religious identity-making and mental health is deepened.
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Journal of Religion and Health is an international publication concerned with the creative partnership of psychology and religion/sprituality and the relationship between religion/spirituality and both mental and physical health. This multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary journal publishes peer-reviewed original contributions from scholars and professionals of all religious faiths. Articles may be clinical, statistical, theoretical, impressionistic, or anecdotal. Founded in 1961 by the Blanton-Peale Institute, which joins the perspectives of psychology and religion, Journal of Religion and Health explores the most contemporary modes of religious thought with particular emphasis on their relevance to current medical and psychological research.
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