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Author: Owen Davies Publisher: Oxford University Press ISBN: 019887300X Category : Belief and doubt Languages : en Pages : 365
Book Description
The nineteenth century was a time of extraordinary scientific innovation, but with the rise of psychiatry, faiths and popular beliefs were often seen as signs of a diseased mind. By exploring the beliefs of asylum patients, we see the nineteenth century in a new light, with science, faith, and the supernatural deeply entangled in a fast-changing world. The birth of psychiatry in the early nineteenth-century fundamentally changed how madness was categorised and understood. A century on, their conceptions of mental illness continue to influence our views today. Beliefs and behaviour were divided up into the pathological and the healthy. The influence of religion and the supernatural became significant measures of insanity in individuals, countries, and cultures. Psychiatrists not only thought they could transform society in the industrial age but also explain the many strange beliefs expressed in the distant past. Troubled by Faith explores these ideas about the supernatural across society through the prism of medical history. It is a story of how people continued to make sense of the world in supernatural terms, and how belief came to be a medical issue. This cannot be done without exploring the lives of those who found themselves in asylums because of their belief in ghosts, witches, angels, devils, and fairies, or because they though themselves in divine communication, or were haunted by modern technology. The beliefs expressed by asylum patients were not just an expression of their individual mental health, but also provide a unique reflection of society at the time - a world still steeped in the ideas and imagery of folklore and faith in a fast-changing world.
Author: Owen Davies Publisher: Oxford University Press ISBN: 019887300X Category : Belief and doubt Languages : en Pages : 365
Book Description
The nineteenth century was a time of extraordinary scientific innovation, but with the rise of psychiatry, faiths and popular beliefs were often seen as signs of a diseased mind. By exploring the beliefs of asylum patients, we see the nineteenth century in a new light, with science, faith, and the supernatural deeply entangled in a fast-changing world. The birth of psychiatry in the early nineteenth-century fundamentally changed how madness was categorised and understood. A century on, their conceptions of mental illness continue to influence our views today. Beliefs and behaviour were divided up into the pathological and the healthy. The influence of religion and the supernatural became significant measures of insanity in individuals, countries, and cultures. Psychiatrists not only thought they could transform society in the industrial age but also explain the many strange beliefs expressed in the distant past. Troubled by Faith explores these ideas about the supernatural across society through the prism of medical history. It is a story of how people continued to make sense of the world in supernatural terms, and how belief came to be a medical issue. This cannot be done without exploring the lives of those who found themselves in asylums because of their belief in ghosts, witches, angels, devils, and fairies, or because they though themselves in divine communication, or were haunted by modern technology. The beliefs expressed by asylum patients were not just an expression of their individual mental health, but also provide a unique reflection of society at the time - a world still steeped in the ideas and imagery of folklore and faith in a fast-changing world.
Author: J. C. Brumfield Publisher: Moody Publishers ISBN: 1575678055 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 73
Book Description
In the midst of a trial, it is often difficult to see any purpose to our suffering. Comfort for Troubled Christians will help people understand that God never leaves us nor forsakes us, especially in the dark times. The comforting scriptural encouragement in this book explains God's part and purpose in testing and offers a pattern for success to all Christians who are "passing through fire." This book has already sold two million copies as a booklet and is now available in a more attractive, easier-to-read format.
Author: Faith Cook Publisher: Banner of Truth ISBN: 9780851518787 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 118
Book Description
Faith Cook shares her first-hand story of the trials faced by a child of missionary parents living in China during the turbulent period of the Second World War and the asubsequent Communist takeover. While much has been written about the heroic achievements and sacrifices of many Christian missionaries to China, Troubled Journey introduces us to a side of the story that has rarely, if ever, been told. Many young people today have known much emotional deprivation early in life. This story of childhood in a war-torn country may well help them to reconcile their painful experiences with God's loving kindness and his purposes of grace for them. It may indeed enourage all who read it to appreciate in a new way the care and mercy of God, overruling even the tragedies of life and turning them to good for his people.
Author: Amy Simpson Publisher: InterVarsity Press ISBN: 0830843043 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 225
Book Description
Reflecting on the confusion, shame and grief brought on by her mother's schizophrenia, Amy Simpson provides a bracing look at the social and physical realities of mental illness. Reminding us that people with mental illness are our neighbors and our brothers and sisters in Christ, she explores new possibilities for the church to minister to this stigmatized group.
Author: Ed Taylor Publisher: ISBN: 9780996572316 Category : Languages : en Pages : 116
Book Description
We all go through some type of suffering in life. How we get through it and the refinement that takes place in the middle of it is defining. This is a collection of truthful reminders of God's help for your troubled heart. While we all share stories of pain, if we are not careful, we can find ourselves refusing to accept and receive the healing Jesus readily gives. Join Pastor Ed Taylor as he steps into our pain and lovingly cautions and reminds us of living in His story of redemption in our lives and that we can live a life full of faith and HIS faithfulness despite the trials that we go through. This book is for those who are suffering, perhaps you have experienced deep grief, or trials, or pain. This is for someone who needs to be reminded that Jesus will bring you through your trial. It will be a blessing to those with a heavy heart or those who may feel alone.
Author: Soong-Chan Rah Publisher: InterVarsity Press ISBN: 0830897615 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 230
Book Description
The American church avoids lament. But lament is a missing, essential component of Christian faith. Soong-Chan Rah's prophetic exposition of the book of Lamentations provides a biblical and theological lens for examining the church's relationship with a suffering world. Hear the prophet's lament as the necessary corrective for Christianity's future.
Author: Diogenes Allen Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press ISBN: 9780664223229 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
The reasons people are attracted to Christianity and its teachings are many and varied. In this book, Allen hopes "to supply more of the information (pieces of the puzzle) that are needed if a person is to make sense of the Christian understanding of God and our life in the universe." More philosopher than theologian, Allen writes for "a troubled believer," dealing with issues and questions that emerge during Christians' daily lives and in the course of contemplating Christian faith.
Author: Owen Davies
Author: Owen Davies
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Author: Faith Cook
Author: Amy Simpson
Author: Arthur Graham Maxwell
Author: Richard J. Hauser
Author: Ed Taylor
Author: Soong-Chan Rah
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Author: Ronald A. Rasband