ABSTRACT

This interdisciplinary study of literary characters sheds light on the relatively under-studied phenomenon of religious psychopathy. God Behind the Screen: Literary Portrais of Religious Psychopathy identifies and rigorously examines protagonists in works from a variety of genres, written by authors such as Aldous Huxley, Jane Austin, Sinclair Lewis, and Steven King, who are both fervently religous and suffer from a range of disorders underneath the umbrella of psychopathy.

chapter |3 pages

Introduction

part I|58 pages

On Personality and Spirituality

chapter 2|28 pages

Generally on Religion

part II|38 pages

Portraits of Religious Maturity

chapter 3|17 pages

The Constant Seeker

Larry Darrell and Mature Religiosity

chapter 4|19 pages

The Slow-Witted Mystic

Mrs. Dempster and Fool-Saintly Religiosity

part III|96 pages

Portraits of Religious Pathology

chapter 5|24 pages

Hustling Man of the Cloth 1

Elmer Gantry and Narcissistic Religiosity

chapter 6|24 pages

A Demon Next to an Angel

Father Joseph and Masochistic Religiosity

chapter 7|14 pages

Preacher of the Poisonwood Bible

Nathan Price and Antisocial Religiosity

chapter 8|32 pages

Case Studies of Minor Characters