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Fragile Connections - Memoirs of Mental Illness for Pastoral Care Professionals (Paperback)
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Fragile Connections - Memoirs of Mental Illness for Pastoral Care Professionals (Paperback)
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Endorsements: "One of the greatest contributions of Capps's book is
the way in which he weaves together a vast range of theories,
interpretations, and explanations of psychopathology, without ever
losing sight of the humanity of the person living with mental
illness. Far too many books seek to find one, single explanation of
the baffling and complex phenomenon of mental illness. Fragile
Connections will expand our understanding and empower pastors and
others concerned about mental illness with an eloquent exploration
of one of the greatest mysteries of the human predicament." --Lewis
Rambo, San Francisco Theological Union and Graduate Theological
Union "Donald Capps skillfully guides his readers into the strange
world of severe mental illness, a neighborhood disturbingly close
to home. He first offers the lay of the land by scrutinizing
particular psychiatric classifications. He then carefully treks
through gripping narrative accounts of those battling
schizophrenia, clinical depression, bipolar disorder, and
Alzheimer's disease. Finally, with interpretive precision honed
through a lifetime of attending to persons in pain, Capps risks his
own stunning insights into the anguish and mystery of these lives.
An exquisite and sobering journey." --Robert C. Dykstra, Princeton
Theological Seminary "Fragile Connections is a most welcome
resource for those of us involved in theological education. Capps's
creative use of five memoirs allows persons who suffer from various
mental illnesses and the family members who care for them to speak
in their own voices about living with these afflictions." --Carol
J. Cook, Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary "Doing good
with stealth as usual Donald Capps has designed this biblically,
historically grounded book for seminary students and ministers, who
will find no other like it. The book holds out the key to
understanding the experiences of those who are mentally ill and
those who love them. Capps argues that the study of individuals'
personal memoirs--rather than medically modeled case
studies--reveals the deep and profoundly personal nature of each
person's unique experience of mental illness. What is more, written
as it is in Capps's inimitable style, this book fills a void in
seminary curricula as it addresses a problem in methodology."
--Antoinette Goodwin, pastoral psychotherapist, Princeton, New
Jersey
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