Sadness, Depression, and the Dark Night of the Soul : Transcending the Medicalisation of Sadness.

This ground-breaking book contemplates how some religious individuals and communities conceptualise severe sadness and emotional distress, which might otherwise be described as pathological, as an essential ingredient for spiritual development. It explores the implications this may have for clergy a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Durà-Vilà, Glòria
Otros Autores: Littlewood, Roland
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2017.
Temas:
Sadness > Fiction.
Depression, Mental.
Pastoral care.
Psychology and religion.
Medicalization.
Depression
Medicalization
Pastoral Care
Religion and Psychology
Tristesse > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Dépression.
Soins pastoraux.
Psychologie et religion.
Médicalisation.
Psychology and religion
Pastoral care
Depression, Mental
Sadness
Fiction
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:This ground-breaking book contemplates how some religious individuals and communities conceptualise severe sadness and emotional distress, which might otherwise be described as pathological, as an essential ingredient for spiritual development. It explores the implications this may have for clergy and psychiatrists seeking to understand sadness.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (362 pages)
ISBN:9781784503130
1784503134

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