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Three Christs of Ypsilanti: The Unholy Trinity
Robert Kaplan
University of Wollongong
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Abstract
Dr Milton Rokeach brought together three psychotic patients at Ypsilanti State Hospital in Michigan for a study.
The patients had one notable feature: they all believed they were Jesus Christ.
Rokeach specialised in belief systems: how people develop and keep (or change)
their beliefs.
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Article Information
Title
Three Christs of Ypsilanti: The Unholy Trinity
Type
Article
Published in
Journal
22. August 2022
DOI Identifier
10.17160/josha.9.4.840
Language
English
Journal
Vol 9 Issue 4
Categories
Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Medicine
Authors
Robert Kaplan1
Affiliations
1
University of Wollongong
This article is open access and distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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Robert Kaplan (2022). "Three Christs of Ypsilanti: The Unholy Trinity". JOSHA Journal. DOI: 10.17160/josha.9.4.840.