Pandemic, crises, war, personal hardships - many people are unsettled and feel powerless. In times of emotional crisis, people quickly turn to the tried and tested: helpful values, culture and religious practices. But can ancient stories offer comfort and guidance without falling into the trap of escapism or naivety? How can spiritual impulses be combined with modern psychotherapy?
Paraskevi Mavrogiorgou-Juckel and Georg Juckel - two long-standing specialists in psychiatry and psychotherapy, Christian and agnostic - ask in How the soul finds peace again. Why the old stories of the Bible give us support today, they examine the resilience of biblical stories for our lives today and conclude that the Bible essentially works no differently than a therapy session. Moderator: Joachim Frank