Troubled minds : mental illness and the church's mission /
Simpson, Amy.
Troubled minds : mental illness and the church's mission / Amy Simpson. - 1 online resource (221 pages)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-221).
A family story -- Mental illness is mainstream -- Suffering people -- Coping -- Church life -- Ministry life -- Persistent stigma -- What churches can do -- What God does -- Resources for ministry to people affected by mental illness.
The 2014 Christianity Today Book Award Winner (Her.meneutics)Winner of a 2013 Leadership Journal Book Award (""Our Very Short List"" in ""The Leader's Outer Life"" category)Mental illness is the sort of thing we don't like to talk about. It doesn't reduce nicely to simple solutions and happy outcomes. So instead, too often we reduce people who are mentally ill to caricatures and ghosts, and simply pretend they don't exist. They do exist, however-statistics suggest that one in four people suffer from some kind of mental illness. And then there's their friends and family members, who be.
9780830884322 0830884327
477C4DD8-1301-49F9-9DFE-E67B0675D804 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com
Church work with the mentally ill.
Mental illness--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Pastorale des personnes vivant avec un trouble de santé mentale.
Maladies mentales--Aspect religieux--Christianisme.
RELIGION--Christian Life--Social Issues.
RELIGION--Christianity--General.
Church work with the mentally ill
Mental illness--Religious aspects--Christianity
BV4461 / .S56 2013
261.8/322
Troubled minds : mental illness and the church's mission / Amy Simpson. - 1 online resource (221 pages)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-221).
A family story -- Mental illness is mainstream -- Suffering people -- Coping -- Church life -- Ministry life -- Persistent stigma -- What churches can do -- What God does -- Resources for ministry to people affected by mental illness.
The 2014 Christianity Today Book Award Winner (Her.meneutics)Winner of a 2013 Leadership Journal Book Award (""Our Very Short List"" in ""The Leader's Outer Life"" category)Mental illness is the sort of thing we don't like to talk about. It doesn't reduce nicely to simple solutions and happy outcomes. So instead, too often we reduce people who are mentally ill to caricatures and ghosts, and simply pretend they don't exist. They do exist, however-statistics suggest that one in four people suffer from some kind of mental illness. And then there's their friends and family members, who be.
9780830884322 0830884327
477C4DD8-1301-49F9-9DFE-E67B0675D804 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com
Church work with the mentally ill.
Mental illness--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Pastorale des personnes vivant avec un trouble de santé mentale.
Maladies mentales--Aspect religieux--Christianisme.
RELIGION--Christian Life--Social Issues.
RELIGION--Christianity--General.
Church work with the mentally ill
Mental illness--Religious aspects--Christianity
BV4461 / .S56 2013
261.8/322