Spirituality, theology, and mental health
Subtitle: multidisciplinary perspectives
By: edited by Christopher C.H. Cook
Publisher: SCM Press; Hymns Ancient & Modern Ltd
Published: 2013
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 222
ISBN-13: 9780334046264; 9780334052906
Subjects: Spiritualiteit; Religion and Psychology; Religious aspects; Religion; Treatment; Psychiatry; Geestelijke gezondheid; Spirituality; Psychopathologie; Theologie; Mental illness; Psychiatrie; Therapy; Spiritualität; Mental Disorders; Psychische Gesundheit; Psychology and religion
Description: Spirituality, Theology and Mental Health provides reflections from leading international scholars and practitioners in theology, anthropology, philosophy and psychiatry as to the nature of spirituality and its relevance to constructions of mental disorder and mental healthcare. Key issues are explored in depth, including the nature of spirituality and recent debates concerning its importance in contemporary psychiatric practice, relationship between demons and wellbeing in ancient religious texts and contemporary practice, religious conversion, and the nature and importance of myth and theology in shaping human self understanding. These are used as a basis for exploring some of the overarching intellectual and practical issues that arise when different disciplines engage together with an attempt to better understand the relationship between spirituality and mental health and translate their findings into mental healthcare practice.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part 1. Practice; title: Controversies on the place of spirituality and religion in psychiatric practice / Christopher C. H. Cook; title: 'I'm spiritual but not religious': Implications for research and practice / Patricia Casey; title: What is spiritual care? / Colin Jay; title: Augustine's concept of evil and its practical relevance for psychotherapy / Alexandra Pârvan; title: Exorcism: Some theological, psychoanalytic and cultural reflections on the practice of deliverance ministry in the light of clinical and pastoral experience / Chris MacKenna; title: Part 2. Theory and research; title: The human being and demonic invasion: Therapeutic models in ancient Jewish and Christian texts / Loren T. Stuckenbruck; title: Religion and mental health: The case of conversion with particular reference to William James's The Varieties of Religious Experience / Mark Wynn; title: Transcendence, immanence and mental health / Christopher C. H. Cook; title: Thriving through myth / Douglas J. Davies; title: Spirituality, self-discovery and moral change / John Cottingham; title: 'My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?' Between consolation and desolation / Simon D. Podmore; title: Conclusions and reflections / Christopher C. H. Cook.