Disease as Dis-ease
Disease as Dis-ease
This essay examines the medieval pairing of disease with dis-ease—somatic pathology with spiritual rupture—through Augustinian and kabbalistic frameworks, proposing their relevance for contemporary clinical practice. Augustine's anti-Pelagian theology articulates original sin as transmissible morbus requiring therapeutic grace rather than moral correction, dignifying suffering while risking stigmatization when divorced from its medical metaphor.