Sin and Addiction: Conceptual Enemies or Fellow Travelers?

The addiction recovery metaphor of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and the sin/salvation metaphor of Protestant heritage have a lot more in common than people realize. On the surface, of course, it seems that the addiction recovery process is quite the opposite of what is assumed to be a religious approac...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Linda Mercadante
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2015-05-01
Series:Religions
Subjects:
sin
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/6/2/614