Items
Tag is exactly
Mental illness
-
1964-09-16: Letter from Merton to "Bernadette, Sr."
The letter discusses the meaning of the "sin and mental illness" in Merton's book «The New Man» (specifically, the third paragraph of Section 136). Merton explains that he is not suggesting that "actual sin usually leads to mental illness", but rather that all illness and death stem from the fallen human condition.