“…The aim of this special issue, co-edited by Lewis and Loewenthal who have both published widely in the area of religion and obsessional neurosis (e.g., Al-Solaim & Loewenthal, 2011;Lewis, 1994Lewis, , 1996Lewis, , 1998Lewis, , 2001Lewis, , 2003Lewis & Joseph, 1994a, 1994bLewis & Maltby, 1992, 1994, 1995Loewenthal, 1995Loewenthal, , 2006Loewenthal, , 2009Yossifova & Loewenthal, 1999), was to provide a forum for the collection of pertinent papers, and thereby providing both an overview of the current state of the literature, as well as providing a possible stimulation for future research.…”