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The Bible and Mental Health: Towards a Biblical Theology of Mental Health

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Availability:In StockContributor:Christopher C. H. Cook (Editor), Isabelle Hamley (Editor), Walter Brueggemann (Contribution by)Publish date:2020-08-30Pages:256
Language:EnglishPublisher:SCM PressISBN-13:9780334059776ISBN-10:334059771UPC:9780334059776Book Category:Religion, PsychologyBook Subcategory:Biblical Studies, Mental Health, Christian TheologyBook Topic:History & CultureSize:9.21 x 6.14 x 0.61 inchesWeight:0.9215Product ID:SCYKDSFSAY
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
Language:EnglishPublisher:SCM PressISBN-13:9780334059776ISBN-10:334059771UPC:9780334059776Book Category:Religion, PsychologyBook Subcategory:Biblical Studies, Mental Health, Christian TheologyBook Topic:History & CultureSize:9.21 x 6.14 x 0.61 inchesWeight:0.9215Product ID:SCYKDSFSAY
Cook, Christopher C. H.: - Christopher C.H. Cook is the Director of the Centre for Spirituality, Theology & Health at the University of Durham. He has held positions as Lecturer at University College, London (1987 to 1990) and Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Psychiatry, London (1994 to 1997) as well as being Professor of the Psychiatry of Alcohol Misuse at the University of Kent from 1997 to 2003.Hamley, Isabelle: - Isabelle Hamley is Chaplain to the Archbishop of Canterbury. Previously she was lecturer in Biblical Studies at St John's School of Mission, Nottingham. She is the author of Unspeakable Things Unspoken: Otherness, gender and victimisation in Judges 19-21 (Wipf and Stock, 2018) and God of Justice and Mercy: A Theological Commentary on Judges (SCM Press, forthcoming)
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