Finding Jesus in the Storm by John Swinton -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Page Copyright Dedication Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: Life in All Its Fullness

Thick Descriptions “Mental Illness” as a Journey About the Book and Its Language

Part I: The Art of Description

Chapter 1: Redescribing the World of “Mental Illness”

The Practice of Description The Problem of Thin Descriptions Stigma as Thin Description Making Up Thin People: The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) Biology and the Thinning of Mental Health Challenges The Thinning of Spirituality

Chapter 2: Resurrecting Phenomenology

Part II: Redescribing Diagnosis

Chapter 3: Taking Our Meds Faithfully

Diagnosis, Alienation, and Resignation A Bipolar Story

Part III: Redescribing Depression

Chapter 4: Lament and Joy

Depression Thickening Our Understanding of Depression Thinking about Joy Depression as Antifeeling

Chapter 5: Finding God in the Darkness

Orientation Disorientation Reorientation Finding God in God’s Absence

Part IV: Hearing Voices

Chapter 6: Understanding Psychosis

The Problem with Schizophrenia Understanding Psychosis Nuancing Our Understanding

Chapter 7: Hearing Voices

Hearing Voices When God Talks Back Hearing Voices across Cultures What Makes the Difference? A Pathogenic Culture

Chapter 8: A Strange Kind of Loneliness

Are Voices Inevitably Bad? A Strange Kind of Silence Theological Implications A Theology of Naming

Part V: Redescribing Bipolar Disorder

Chapter 9: Bipolar Faith

The Biology of Spirituality The Problem with Neurological Explanations: Moving beyond Neuromania

Chapter 10: Bipolar Disorder and the Nature of Suffering

Catherine’s Story Epistemic Innocence: Medicating a Prophet Rethinking Recovery: Creating a Context for Epistemic Justice Repercussions: The Shadow Side of Spiritual Elation Two Aspects of Suffering The Suffering That Emerges from the Ascription of the Demonic The Suffering That Emerges from Truth Telling Sacrifice and Vocation

Conclusion: Redescribing Healing

Cultural Healing Liturgical Healing Biblical Healing Theological Healing Epistemic Healing and Epistemological Generosity Testimonial Healing Relational Healing

Appendix: Mental Health Resources Bibliography