9781786221537 £16.99
Canterbury Press
Finding Jesus in the Storm
The spiritual lives of Christians with mental health
challenges
John Swinton
Drawing from theological reflection on the lives of 30
Christians with severe mental health challenges, (depression,
bipolar disorder and schizophrenia), leading disability theologian
John Swinton contends that mental health problems require
theological understanding and not just medical intervention. In
fact, he argues, it is not necessary to care effectively for
Christians experiencing severe mental illness to grasp the
theological dimensions of such experiences. Therapy and
pharmacology may be helpful, but on their own they are deeply
inadequate.
By listening carefully to the lived experiences of people with
severe mental health problems, Finding Jesus in the
Storm will open up new understandings and perspectives that
challenge current assumptions and draws out fresh perspectives for
care, healing, recovery and community.
It is a book about people instead of symptoms, description
instead of diagnosis, and lifegiving hope for everyone in the midst
of the storm.
John Swinton is the Chair in Divinity and Religious Studies
at the School of Divinity, History, and Philosophy, University of
Aberdeen. He is the author of numerous books, including Dementia:
Living in the Memories of God, which won the 2016 Michael Ramsay
Prize for Theological Writing.
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