Title: Global mental health and the church /
Authors: Giesekus, Ulrich.; Smith, Bradford M.; Schuster, Jürgen, 1957-
Publisher: LIT Verlag,
Year: 2017
Subjects: Mental health Religious aspects Christianity; Mental health International cooperation; Church work with the mentally ill.; Church work with the mentally ill; Mental health International cooperation; Mental health Religious aspects Christianity; Mental Health Services; Mental Health; Religion and Psychology; Religious Missions; Internationality
Contents: Introduction / Ulrich Giesekus -- Mental health : the global church's next great challenge / Bradford M. Smith -- Giving voice to the voiceless : collaborative inquiry in poor communities of Mexico City / Saul Cruz- Valdivieso -- Indigenous Christian counseling in Africa : the call of the church to care and counsel as mission / Gladys K Mwiti -- Promoting Mental Health at Congregational Level / Beate jakob -- Equipping the church as a caring community / Samuel Pfeifer -- Global mental health needs and consequences for missions / Ulrich Giesekus -- African Americans and mental health : challenges and church-based -- Responses / Bradford M. Smith and Kathryn A. Cummins -- Sickness and healing in an animistic context / Simon Herrmann.