Psychosis or Mystical Religious Experience? [electronic resource] : A New Paradigm Grounded in Psychology and Reformed Theology /
DeHoff, Susan L.author.
This book presents a new paradigm for distinguishing psychotic and mystical religious experiences. In order to explore how Presbyterian pastors differentiate such events, Susan L. DeHoff draws from Reformed theology, psychological theory, and robust qualitative research. Following a conversation among multidisciplinary voices, she presents a new paradigm considering the similarities, differences, and possible overlap of psychotic and mystical religious experiences.
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
1.Mystical Religious Experience and Psychosis: Contours of the Problem  -- 2.Reformed Theology: Historical Perspectives on Mystical Experience  -- 3. Psychoanalytic Views of Mystical Religious Experience -- 4. Post-Freudian Psychological Theories -- 5. Research: Presbyterian Church (USA) Views on MRE -- 6. Theology and Psychology: An Interdisciplinary Discussion -- 7. Proposing A New Paradigm -- 8. Conclusion.
This book presents a new paradigm for distinguishing psychotic and mystical religious experiences. In order to explore how Presbyterian pastors differentiate such events, Susan L. DeHoff draws from Reformed theology, psychological theory, and robust qualitative research. Following a conversation among multidisciplinary voices, she presents a new paradigm considering the similarities, differences, and possible overlap of psychotic and mystical religious experiences.
Psychology and religion.
Applied psychology.
Psychology, clinical.
Religion and Psychology.
Psychotherapy and Counseling.
Community and Environmental Psychology.
Health Psychology.