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On Lent and “being alive when we die”

February 16, 2021 Dr. Adam A. J. DeVille 2

D.W. Winnicott (1896-1971) differed from most clinicians of his generation by not rejecting his Christian upbringing. Unlike Freud’s famous (and jejune) dismissal of religion, Winnicott realized that images and notions of God come naturally to […]

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“There’s no such thing as a baby”: On Candlemas and the Presentation of Christ

February 1, 2021 Dr. Adam A. J. DeVille 1

We have just marked the fiftieth anniversary of the death of one of the most influential figures in 20th-century psychology. D.W. Winnicott (1896-1971) was a pediatrician and psychoanalyst who made important contributions to our understandings […]

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Pope Francis denounces clericalism, but his new motu proprio enables it

May 16, 2019 Dr. Adam A. J. DeVille 25

Just over a year ago, in looking at a minor liturgical change announced by Pope Francis, I drew on the work of D.W. Winnicott to help better understand some of the papal language about the […]

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