Finding Jesus in the Storm. John Swinton

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      Unless noted otherwise, Scriptures taken from the Holy Bible, New International

      Version®, NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.

      Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved worldwide.

      www.zondervan.com

      Printed and bound in Great Britain by

      CPI Group UK Ltd

      To my good friend Allen Walker, for whom the storms became just a little too powerful

      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

       The Death of Phenomenology

       Developing a Phenomenological Attitude

       Four Horizons: Creating a Thick Conversation around Severe Mental Health Challenges

       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

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