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'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.
Introduction xiii
1 Christian spirituality and mental health 1
2 Stigma and prejudice: giving up negative attitudes 22
3 God in our struggles: finding resilience 42
4 Recovery from mental health challenges 64
5 Mental health and disability: recognizing limits 83
6 Mental health and the mission of the Church 103
Conclusion 131
Appendix A Some useful resources 135
Appendix B Intercessions for mental health 138