We can clearly observe this relationship between religion and science special data Catholicism in the definition of the origin of evil and discomfort, and in the ways of managing and dealing with them. From the point of view of revivalist Catholics, the causes of the disease do not respond to a single origin, but rather combine multiple factors at different levels: from biological agents such as viruses and bacteria to superhuman beings such as demons, going through psychological processes such as fact of not forgiving offenses, childhood wounds and negatively intended feelings, such as envy.
The biological causes described by medicine are not denied, but are combined with causes on other levels: a disease can have a biological origin, but diseases added to other types of negative situations such as theft, Genealogical interpretations of the causes of evil are particularly interesting, since they propose dialogues that are generally little studied between religious discourses and psychological therapies. The search for family histories as the source of trauma and harmful emotions, family relationships and particularly ties with parents in the early childhood years as the causes of repeated harmful behaviors is a pattern that finds common ground in therapies.