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Hearing Spiritual Voices - Medieval Mystics, Meaning and Psychiatry: Christopher C. H. Cook Hearing Spiritual Voices - Medieval Mystics, Meaning and Psychiatry
Christopher C. H. Cook
R1,555 Discovery Miles 15 550 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This open access book explores the nature of voices identifiable as spiritual. Unusual perceptual, or perception-like, experiences, often meaningful to those who have them, may be sympathetically or unsympathetically interpreted by others. One interpretation, especially when voices are associated with unusual behaviour, is that they are evidence of mental disorder. Ostensibly such interpretations are sympathetic (showing concern for someone who is ill) but in practice they are used to deny the meaning and value of the experiences for those concerned, thus depriving them (and others) of creative and innovative ways of understanding the human condition. The question is thus one of the meaning. Are such experiences meaningful only as indicators of a diagnosis, or are they meaningful in other ways, shedding light on human self-understanding and perhaps even a wider spiritual reality? Psychiatry has tended to see such phenomena as diagnostically meaningful but not as sources of deeper insight into the human condition. This book takes three 14th century examples of women who heard spiritually significant voices: Margery Kempe, Julian of Norwich, and Joan of Arc. Each of these women, in different ways, has left an enduring legacy in literature and history. Modern psychiatric commentary on the voices that they reported has generally focussed on diagnosis rather than on wider questions of meaning. These commentaries will be used as a lens through which to consider how contemporary psychiatric practice might be enriched by the humanities and enabled to find a more spiritually empathetic, if not also sympathetic, enriching and meaning enhancing perspective on unusual mental phenomena. The eBook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by The Wellcome Trust.

Struggling with God - Mental Health and Christian Spirituality: Foreword by Justin Welby (Paperback): Christopher C. H. Cook,... Struggling with God - Mental Health and Christian Spirituality: Foreword by Justin Welby (Paperback)
Christopher C. H. Cook, Isabelle Hamley, John Swinton
R448 R365 Discovery Miles 3 650 Save R83 (19%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

'Remarkably beautiful and pastoral' JUSTIN WELBY, ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY 'Brimming with wisdom and humanity' DAME SARAH MULLALLY, DBE, BISHOP OF LONDON Struggling with God gets right to the heart of a great predicament for many Christians. When it feels as if our struggles are overwhelming - and our capacity for faith and hope and love is diminished - how is it possible to maintain, never mind nourish, our relationship with God? The truth, as this deeply compassionate volume reminds us, is that Jesus came alongside people wrestling with mental health problems. Many familiar conditions, such as anxiety and depression, and more severe ones, including bipolar affective disorder and schizophrenia, are addressed by the authors here. Dispelling common myths and misconceptions, they explore the impact such mental health disorders can have on individual Christians, Church and society.. Each chapter includes biblical reflections relevant to its theme, prayers, questions to facilitate individual/group study, and pointers to further reading. In short, the book presents a Christian vision of spiritual and mental wellbeing through prayerful struggling with God.

Hearing Spiritual Voices - Medieval Mystics, Meaning and Psychiatry: Christopher C. H. Cook Hearing Spiritual Voices - Medieval Mystics, Meaning and Psychiatry
Christopher C. H. Cook
R561 Discovery Miles 5 610 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Unusual perceptual, or perception-like, experiences, often meaningful to those who have them, may be sympathetically or unsympathetically interpreted by others. One interpretation, especially when voices are associated with unusual behaviour, is that they are evidence of mental disorder. Ostensibly such interpretations are sympathetic (showing concern for someone who is ill) but in practice they are used to deny the meaning and value of the experiences for those concerned, thus depriving them (and others) of creative and innovative ways of understanding the human condition. The question is thus one of the meaning. Are such experiences meaningful only as indicators of a diagnosis, or are they meaningful in other ways, shedding light on human self-understanding and perhaps even a wider spiritual reality? Psychiatry has tended to see such phenomena as diagnostically meaningful but not as sources of deeper insight into the human condition. This book takes three 14th century examples of women who heard spiritually significant voices: Margery Kempe, Julian of Norwich, and Joan of Arc. Each of these women, in different ways, has left an enduring legacy in literature and history. Modern psychiatric commentary on the voices that they reported has generally focussed on diagnosis rather than on wider questions of meaning. These commentaries will be used as a lens through which to consider how contemporary psychiatric practice might be enriched by the humanities and enabled to find a more spiritually empathetic, if not also sympathetic, enriching and meaning enhancing perspective on unusual mental phenomena. The eBook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by The Wellcome Trust.

Biblical and Theological Visions of Resilience - Pastoral and Clinical Insights (Paperback): Nathan H. White, Christopher C. H.... Biblical and Theological Visions of Resilience - Pastoral and Clinical Insights (Paperback)
Nathan H. White, Christopher C. H. Cook
R1,247 Discovery Miles 12 470 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In recent years, resilience has become a near ubiquitous cultural phenomenon whose influence extends into many fields of academic enquiry. Though research suggests that religion and spirituality are significant factors in engendering resilient adaptation, comparatively little biblical and theological reflection has gone into understanding this construct. This book seeks to remedy this deficiency through a breadth of reflection upon human resilience from canonical biblical and Christian theological sources. Divided into three parts, biblical scholars and theologians provide critical accounts of these perspectives, integrating biblical and theological insight with current social scientific understandings of resilience. Part 1 presents a range of biblical visions of resilience. Part 2 considers a variety of theological perspectives on resilience, drawing from figures including Thomas Aquinas, Martin Luther, and Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Part 3 explores the clinical and pastoral applications of such expressions of resilience. This diverse yet cohesive book sets out a new and challenging perspective of how human resilience might be re-envisioned from a Christian perspective. As a result, it will be of interest to scholars of practical and pastoral theology, biblical studies, and religion, spirituality and health. It will also be a valuable resource for chaplains, pastors, and clinicians with an interest in religion and spirituality.

Hearing Voices, Demonic and Divine - Scientific and Theological Perspectives (Paperback): Christopher C. H. Cook Hearing Voices, Demonic and Divine - Scientific and Theological Perspectives (Paperback)
Christopher C. H. Cook
R1,247 Discovery Miles 12 470 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781472453983, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivative 4.0 license. Experiences of hearing the voice of God (or angels, demons, or other spiritual beings) have generally been understood either as religious experiences or else as a feature of mental illness. Some critics of traditional religious faith have dismissed the visions and voices attributed to biblical characters and saints as evidence of mental disorder. However, it is now known that many ordinary people, with no other evidence of mental disorder, also hear voices and that these voices not infrequently include spiritual or religious content. Psychological and interdisciplinary research has shed a revealing light on these experiences in recent years, so that we now know much more about the phenomenon of "hearing voices" than ever before. The present work considers biblical, historical, and scientific accounts of spiritual and mystical experiences of voice hearing in the Christian tradition in order to explore how some voices may be understood theologically as revelatory. It is proposed that in the incarnation, Christian faith finds both an understanding of what it is to be fully human (a theological anthropology), and God's perfect self-disclosure (revelation). Within such an understanding, revelatory voices represent a key point of interpersonal encounter between human beings and God.

Hearing Voices, Demonic and Divine - Scientific and Theological Perspectives (Hardcover): Christopher C. H. Cook Hearing Voices, Demonic and Divine - Scientific and Theological Perspectives (Hardcover)
Christopher C. H. Cook
R3,979 Discovery Miles 39 790 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781472453983, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivative 4.0 license. Experiences of hearing the voice of God (or angels, demons, or other spiritual beings) have generally been understood either as religious experiences or else as a feature of mental illness. Some critics of traditional religious faith have dismissed the visions and voices attributed to biblical characters and saints as evidence of mental disorder. However, it is now known that many ordinary people, with no other evidence of mental disorder, also hear voices and that these voices not infrequently include spiritual or religious content. Psychological and interdisciplinary research has shed a revealing light on these experiences in recent years, so that we now know much more about the phenomenon of "hearing voices" than ever before. The present work considers biblical, historical, and scientific accounts of spiritual and mystical experiences of voice hearing in the Christian tradition in order to explore how some voices may be understood theologically as revelatory. It is proposed that in the incarnation, Christian faith finds both an understanding of what it is to be fully human (a theological anthropology), and God's perfect self-disclosure (revelation). Within such an understanding, revelatory voices represent a key point of interpersonal encounter between human beings and God.

Mystical Theology and Contemporary Spiritual Practice - Renewing the Contemplative Tradition (Hardcover): Christopher C. H.... Mystical Theology and Contemporary Spiritual Practice - Renewing the Contemplative Tradition (Hardcover)
Christopher C. H. Cook, Julienne McLean, Peter Tyler
R3,890 Discovery Miles 38 900 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

In Mystical Theology and Contemporary Spiritual Practice several leading scholars explore key themes within the Christian mystical tradition, contemporary and historical. The overall aim of the book is to demonstrate the relevance of mystical theology to contemporary spiritual practice. Attention is given to the works of Baron von Hugel, Vladimir Lossky, Margery Kempe, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Thomas Merton, and Francisco de Osuna, as well as to a wide range of spiritual practices, including pilgrimage, spiritual direction, contemplative prayer and the quotidian spirituality of the New Monasticism. Christian mystical theology is shown to be a living tradition, which has vibrant and creative new expressions in contemporary spiritual practice. It is argued that mystical theology affirms something both ordinary and extraordinary which is fundamental to the Christian experience of prayer.

Alcohol, Addiction and Christian Ethics (Hardcover): Christopher C. H. Cook Alcohol, Addiction and Christian Ethics (Hardcover)
Christopher C. H. Cook
R2,575 R2,300 Discovery Miles 23 000 Save R275 (11%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Addictive disorders are characterised by a division of the will, in which the addict is attracted both by a desire to continue the addictive behaviour and also by a desire to stop it. Academic perspectives on this predicament usually come from clinical and scientific standpoints, with the 'moral model' rejected as outmoded. But Christian theology has a long history of thinking and writing on such problems and offers insights which are helpful to scientific and ethical reflection upon the nature of addiction. Chris Cook reviews Christian theological and ethical reflection upon the problems of alcohol use and misuse, from biblical times until the present day. Drawing particularly upon the writings of St Paul the Apostle and Augustine of Hippo, a critical theological model of addiction is developed. Alcohol dependence is also viewed in the broader ethical perspective of the use and misuse of alcohol within communities.

Mystical Theology and Contemporary Spiritual Practice - Renewing the Contemplative Tradition (Paperback): Christopher C. H.... Mystical Theology and Contemporary Spiritual Practice - Renewing the Contemplative Tradition (Paperback)
Christopher C. H. Cook, Julienne McLean, Peter Tyler
R1,230 Discovery Miles 12 300 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In Mystical Theology and Contemporary Spiritual Practice several leading scholars explore key themes within the Christian mystical tradition, contemporary and historical. The overall aim of the book is to demonstrate the relevance of mystical theology to contemporary spiritual practice. Attention is given to the works of Baron von Hugel, Vladimir Lossky, Margery Kempe, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Thomas Merton, and Francisco de Osuna, as well as to a wide range of spiritual practices, including pilgrimage, spiritual direction, contemplative prayer and the quotidian spirituality of the New Monasticism. Christian mystical theology is shown to be a living tradition, which has vibrant and creative new expressions in contemporary spiritual practice. It is argued that mystical theology affirms something both ordinary and extraordinary which is fundamental to the Christian experience of prayer.

Biblical and Theological Visions of Resilience - Pastoral and Clinical Insights (Hardcover): Nathan H. White, Christopher C. H.... Biblical and Theological Visions of Resilience - Pastoral and Clinical Insights (Hardcover)
Nathan H. White, Christopher C. H. Cook
R3,974 Discovery Miles 39 740 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In recent years, resilience has become a near ubiquitous cultural phenomenon whose influence extends into many fields of academic enquiry. Though research suggests that religion and spirituality are significant factors in engendering resilient adaptation, comparatively little biblical and theological reflection has gone into understanding this construct. This book seeks to remedy this deficiency through a breadth of reflection upon human resilience from canonical biblical and Christian theological sources. Divided into three parts, biblical scholars and theologians provide critical accounts of these perspectives, integrating biblical and theological insight with current social scientific understandings of resilience. Part 1 presents a range of biblical visions of resilience. Part 2 considers a variety of theological perspectives on resilience, drawing from figures including Thomas Aquinas, Martin Luther, and Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Part 3 explores the clinical and pastoral applications of such expressions of resilience. This diverse yet cohesive book sets out a new and challenging perspective of how human resilience might be re-envisioned from a Christian perspective. As a result, it will be of interest to scholars of practical and pastoral theology, biblical studies, and religion, spirituality and health. It will also be a valuable resource for chaplains, pastors, and clinicians with an interest in religion and spirituality.

The Philokalia and the Inner Life - On Passions and Prayer (Paperback): Christopher C. H. Cook The Philokalia and the Inner Life - On Passions and Prayer (Paperback)
Christopher C. H. Cook
R1,016 Discovery Miles 10 160 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Philokalia was published in Venice in 1782. It is an anthology of patristic writings from the Eastern Church, spanning the 4th to the 15th Centuries, which has been the subsequent focus of a significant revival in Orthodox spirituality. It presents an understanding of psychopathology and mental life which is significantly different to that usually encountered in western Christianity. It also presents accounts of both mental wellbeing and the pathologies of the mind or soul which are radically different to contemporary secular accounts and yet which also find remarkable points of similarity with contemporary psychotherapeutic approaches, such as cognitive therapy. The book provides an introduction to the history of the Philokalia and the philosophical, anthropological and theological influences that contributed to its information. It presents a critical account of the pathologies of the soul, the remedies for these pathologies, and the therapeutic goals as portrayed by the authors of the Philokalia. It then offers a critical engagement of this material with a contemporary understanding of psychotherapy. Finally, it raises important questions about the relationship between thoughts and prayer.

Alcohol, Addiction and Christian Ethics (Paperback): Christopher C. H. Cook Alcohol, Addiction and Christian Ethics (Paperback)
Christopher C. H. Cook
R1,023 Discovery Miles 10 230 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Addictive disorders are characterised by a division of the will, in which the addict is attracted both by a desire to continue the addictive behaviour and also by a desire to stop it. Academic perspectives on this predicament usually come from clinical and scientific standpoints, with the 'moral model' rejected as outmoded. But Christian theology has a long history of thinking and writing on such problems and offers insights which are helpful to scientific and ethical reflection upon the nature of addiction. Chris Cook reviews Christian theological and ethical reflection upon the problems of alcohol use and misuse, from biblical times until the present day. Drawing particularly upon the writings of St Paul the Apostle and Augustine of Hippo, a critical theological model of addiction is developed. Alcohol dependence is also viewed in the broader ethical perspective of the use and misuse of alcohol within communities.

The Bible and Mental Health - Towards a Biblical Theology of Mental Health (Paperback): Christopher C. H. Cook, Isabelle Hamley The Bible and Mental Health - Towards a Biblical Theology of Mental Health (Paperback)
Christopher C. H. Cook, Isabelle Hamley; Contributions by Walter Brueggemann, John Swinton, Paula Gooder, …
R959 R784 Discovery Miles 7 840 Save R175 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Is it possible to develop such a thing as a biblical theology of mental health? How might we develop a helpful and pastoral use of scripture to explore questions of mental health within a Christian framework? This timely and important book integrates the highest levels of biblical scholarship with theological and pastoral concerns to consider how we use scripture when dealing with mental health issues. Chapters include: *Paula Gooder on Healing and wholeness *Joanna Collicutt on Jesus and mental health *Isabelle Hamley on Job *David Firth on Anxiety in Scripture *John Swinton on The Bible in Pastoral Care *Walter Brueggemann on Psalms and lament With a foreword from Archbishop Justin Welby

Spirituality and Psychiatry (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition): Christopher C. H. Cook, Andrew Powell Spirituality and Psychiatry (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)
Christopher C. H. Cook, Andrew Powell
R1,333 Discovery Miles 13 330 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Chaplaincy and Spiritual Care in Mental Health Settings (Paperback): Jean Fletcher Chaplaincy and Spiritual Care in Mental Health Settings (Paperback)
Jean Fletcher; Foreword by John Swinton; Contributions by Margaret Whipp, Simon Harrison, Christopher C. H. Cook, …
R833 Discovery Miles 8 330 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This edited collection about good practice for mental health chaplains and other related professionals looks at how spirituality is viewed across mental health fields. It identifies what mental health chaplaincy is, how mental health chaplaincy interacts with other organisations like the NHS, and what good practice means with examples of positive and fulfilling experiences in mental health settings. The chapters consider some of the main issues of working with the mental health community, such as the place of volunteers, the recovery process, religious diversity and patient safety. They are followed by uplifting case studies, including service user perspectives, to provide a valuable overall insight into mental health chaplaincy and its context in wider mental health services.

Spirituality and Narrative in Psychiatric Practice (Paperback): Christopher C. H. Cook, Andrew Powell, Andrew Sims Spirituality and Narrative in Psychiatric Practice (Paperback)
Christopher C. H. Cook, Andrew Powell, Andrew Sims
R1,176 Discovery Miles 11 760 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Spiritual issues still raise ethical and professional dilemmas in mental healthcare. This text use narrative excerpts and case illustrations to explore the importance and challenge of spirituality in clinical psychiatric practice and show how spiritual concerns can be included in a range of psychiatric treatment options.

Supporting Adult Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse - A Mimetic Theory Approach for the Local Church (Paperback): Catherine... Supporting Adult Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse - A Mimetic Theory Approach for the Local Church (Paperback)
Catherine Beaumont; Foreword by Christopher C. H. Cook; Illustrated by Steve Beaumont
R824 Discovery Miles 8 240 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Offering a model of care that the church can use with survivors of sexual abuse, this supportive book is backed up by Rene Girard's Mimetic Theory throughout. The book proposes that the treatment survivors receive in churches could be greatly improved if instead of adding to a survivor's sense of guilt, difference or isolation or trying to change survivors' thoughts, feelings or behaviour they adopt the role of God as benevolent other. It shows that by adopting these beliefs churches can move past unintentional scapegoating of sexual abuse survivors and into a healing community where survivors feel included on churchgoers' journeys towards health and wholeness.

Christians Hearing Voices - Affirming Experience and Finding Meaning (Paperback): Christopher C. H. Cook Christians Hearing Voices - Affirming Experience and Finding Meaning (Paperback)
Christopher C. H. Cook
R882 Discovery Miles 8 820 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In this insightful book, accounts of voice hearers are presented, evaluated and interpreted by a Christian theologian and psychiatrist. By listening to the first-hand experiences of voice hearers and evaluating them in the light of Christian theology, the book enables the reader to understand the experiences of voice hearers as a part of Christian experience and to engage with the theological issues raised by them, including the nature of revelation. This engaging and thought-provoking collection looks at a range of stories - ranging from comforting to complex to simply conversational - to encourage debate and search for meaning and also show how the reader can adapt clinical and pastoral practice to better aid people in this situation.

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