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Anti-Semitism: A Christian Psychiatrist’s Perspective

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Christians bear considerable responsibility for instigating and perpetuating anti-Semitism. History is replete with ways that theological differences have been used to justify cruelty and scapegoating, but psychological insights, including those of Freud, offer more compelling explanations than theological ones for this rivalrous behavior. While reactions to Freud, who was a secular Jew, continue to inform the responses of religious Christians to mental health treatment, recent efforts at dialogue offer hopeful ways forward.

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  1. Department of Psychiatry, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

    John R. Peteet

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  1. Private Practice and Retired Tenured Professor of Psychiatry Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA

    H. Steven Moffic

  2. Department of Psychiatry, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

    John R. Peteet

  3. South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK

    Ahmed Hankir

  4. Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Mary V. Seeman

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Peteet, J.R. (2020). Anti-Semitism: A Christian Psychiatrist’s Perspective. In: Moffic, H., Peteet, J., Hankir, A., Seeman, M. (eds) Anti-Semitism and Psychiatry. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-37745-8_11

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