The struggle with compulsive behavior has been addressed by human communities throughout history, though the frameworks for understanding and treating such struggles have varied dramatically across cultures and eras. In contemporary Western society, twelve-step programs-particularly Sex Addicts Anonymous (SA) and Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous (SLAA)-have emerged as primary resources for those...
Building upon previous analyses of medical heresy as secularized religious orthodoxy enforcement, this study examines how Jewish mystical traditions particularly Kabbalistic antinomianism and Sabbatian theology illuminate deeper dimensions of the heresy-orthodoxy dialectic in contemporary medical practice. Through analysis of figures like Sabbatai Zevi, Jacob Frank, and their theological...