Eric Altschuler of the psychology department at the University of California, San Diego, is gaining a reputation as the Bible's psychotherapist. Last February, he gained media attention for diagnosing strongman Samson with Antisocial Personality Disorder. In November, he claimed the prophet Ezekiel suffered from temporal lobe epilepsy, with symptoms such as extreme piety, fainting, compulsive writing, frequent inability to speak, aggression, and delusions. The discoveries, he says, illuminate not only the biblical texts but also modern medicine. "If there were no old cases, we'd have to ask if there was something wrong in our environment," he told The Guardian newspaper.
While we pray for peace, we need moral clarity about this war.
A Christian reconciliation group in Israel and Palestine warned that war would come. Now the war threatens their relevance.العربيةFrançais
Christian artists work at the intersection of music and climate change.
