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11-12-2018 | Original Paper

Autism and Religious Beliefs: Clues from Kafka Research

Auteur: Jerry Stuger

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders | Uitgave 4/2019

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Religious beliefs and faith in high-functioning autistic persons are analyzed by discussing the work and biography of Franz Kafka. It enables researchers to differentiate between how autistic and non-autistic persons experience and express religious beliefs and spiritual issues because Kafka as an autistic person also wrote about these topics in his philosophical–religious writings. This Franz Kafka case study provides additional inner (cognitive) state input to better understand high-functioning autism. This contribution with new and different perspectives to the field of autism and religious beliefs could help to explore the varieties of religious experience and cognition, and to improve our insights in high-functioning autism.

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Titel: Autism and Religious Beliefs: Clues from Kafka Research
Auteur: Jerry Stuger
Publicatiedatum: 11-12-2018
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders / Uitgave 4/2019
Print ISSN: 0162-3257
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-3432
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-018-3858-5

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