Darkness Is My Only Companion – A Christian Response to Mental Illness - Kathryn Greene–mccreigh, Justin Welby

Darkness Is My Only Companion – A Christian Response to Mental Illness

Buch | Softcover
240 Seiten
2015
Brazos Press, Div of Baker Publishing Group (Verlag)
978-1-58743-372-6 (ISBN)
21,15 inkl. MwSt
A brave and compassionate look at mental illness that offers theological understanding and personal insights from the author's experiences.
Where is God in the suffering of a mentally ill person? What happens to the soul when the mind is ill? How are Christians to respond to mental illness? In this brave and compassionate book, theologian and priest Kathryn Greene-McCreight confronts these difficult questions raised by her own mental illness--bipolar disorder. With brutal honesty, she tackles often avoided topics such as suicide, mental hospitals, and electroconvulsive therapy. Greene-McCreight offers the reader everything from poignant and raw glimpses into the mind of a mentally ill person to practical and forthright advice for their friends, family, and clergy.

The first edition has been recognized as one of the finest books on the subject. This thoroughly revised edition incorporates updated research and adds anecdotal and pastoral commentary. It also includes a new foreword by the current Archbishop of Canterbury and a new afterword by the author.

Kathryn Greene-McCreight (PhD, Yale University) is associate chaplain at The Episcopal Church at Yale, priest affiliate at Christ Church in New Haven, Connecticut, and a theological writer. She also serves on the board of the Elm City Chapter of NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) and on the Patient and Family Advisory Council of Yale-New Haven Psychiatric Hospital.

Contents

Foreword to the Second Edition--Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury
Preface to the First Edition
Introduction
Part One: Facing Mental Illness
1. Darkness
2. Mental Illness
3. Temptation to Suicide
4. Mania
5. Darkness, Again
6. Hospital
Part Two: Faith and Mental Illness
7. Feeling, Memory, and Personality
8. Brain, Mind, and Soul
9. Sin, Suffering, and Despair
10. Dark Night, Discipline, and the Hiddenness of God
11. Health and Prayer
Part Three: Living with Mental Illness
12. How Clergy, Friends, and Family Can Help
13. Choosing Therapy
Conclusion
Afterword to the Second Edition
Appendix I: Why and How I Use Scripture
Appendix II: A Brief Checklist of Symptoms and Resources
Appendix III: Discussion Questions

Verlagsort Ada, MI
Sprache englisch
Maße 148 x 214 mm
Gewicht 292 g
Themenwelt Sachbuch/Ratgeber Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie Psychologie
Sonstiges Geschenkbücher
Geisteswissenschaften Psychologie Persönlichkeitsstörungen
Geisteswissenschaften Psychologie Trennung / Trauer
Religion / Theologie Christentum Kirchengeschichte
Religion / Theologie Christentum Moraltheologie / Sozialethik
Medizin / Pharmazie
ISBN-10 1-58743-372-9 / 1587433729
ISBN-13 978-1-58743-372-6 / 9781587433726
Zustand Neuware
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