Insanity and Divinity

Studies in Psychosis and Spirituality
Herausgeber: Gale, John; Robson, Michael; Rapsomatioti, Georgia

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Produktbeschreibung

How close is spirituality to psychosis? Covering the interrelation of psychosis and spirituality from a number of angles, Insanity and Divinity will generate dialogue and discussion, aid critical reflection and stimulate creative approaches to clinical work for those interested in the connections between religious studies, psychoanalysis, anthropology and hagiography. Bringing together an international range of contributors and covering many different types of religious experience, this book presents its theme in three parts: Psychoanalysis, belief and mysticism Anthropology, history and hagiography Psychology, psychosis and religious experience. Each section includes discussion of the hinterland between madness and religious experience from the perspective of a number of religions, autobiographical accounts of those who have experienced a psychosis in which spirituality played a key part and a comprehensive review of the position of psychology research into the meaning and function of spirituality in relation to the psychoses. Insightful, enlightening and wide-ranging, Insanity and Divinity is ideal for clinicians, academics and chaplains working in clinical settings.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Juli 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 601g
• ISBN-13: 9780415608619
• ISBN-10: 0415608619
• Artikelnr.: 31080519

Autorenporträt

John Gale is a former Benedictine monk who later trained as a psychotherapist and is now CEO of the charity Community Housing and Therapy. He is particularly interested in the interface between philosophy, spirituality and psychoanalysis. Michael Robson is the Director of Studies in Divinity at St Edmund's College, Cambridge. He is the author of a number of books and editor of The Cambridge Companion to Francis of Assisi. Georgia Rapsomatioti is a community mental health advocate who previously worked at Community Housing and Therapy as deputy manager at Lexham House and senior therapist at Highams Lodge. She has an interest in Lacanian psychoanalysis, trauma and psychosis.

Inhaltsangabe

Dedication. Contents. Editor's Biographies. Editors and Contributors. Foreword. Preface. Acknowledgements. Part 1: Psychoanalysis
Belief and Mysticism. Gale
Fragments of Madness and Delusion. Gale
From Beyond Speech to Non-inscription - Sprirt and Psyche in the Philosophy of Psychoanalysis. Mannu
Freud Madness and the Delusion of Religious Belief. Mackenna
Jung's Divine Madness. Part 2: Anthropology
History and Hagiography. Gale
Conversion and the Fragmented Body. Cantlie
Divine Madness: Tantris Ascetics on the Cremation Ground in Tarapith
Birbhum District
West Bengal. Robson
Models of Wisdom and Sanctity: The Conversion of Saint Francis of Assisi. Reddy
Spiritual Conversion in the Bhagavad-Gita. Gale
Did Augustine Foreshadow Psychoanalysis? Bomford
Mystical Theology
Mysticism and Madness. Part 3: Psychology
Psychosis and Religious Experience. Gale
Religion
Spirituality and the Experience of Psychosis. Rapsomatioti
Spirituality and the Psychotic Subject in the Thought of Lacan. Autobiographical Accounts of a Religious Psychosis. Unterrainer
Dimensions of Religious/Spiritual Well-being and the Psychotic Experience: Empirical Results and Perspectives. Appendix. Glossary of Lacanian Terms.