Hearing voices, demonic and divine : scientific and theological perspectives /
Cook, Chris
Hearing voices, demonic and divine : scientific and theological perspectives / Christopher C.H. Cook. - 1 online resource (1 PDF file (257 pages)) - Online access: NCBI NCBI Bookshelf. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Voice-hearing in contemporary spiritual and religious context -- Voices in religion: history, tradition, and sacred texts -- Hearing voices in Hebrew scripture -- Hearing voices in Christian scripture: the New Testament -- Hearing voices in the Christian tradition -- Hearing voices in Christian experience -- Hearing the voice of God: science and theology -- Revelatory voices.
Open Access
Experiences of hearing the voice of God (or angels, demons, or other spiritual beings) have generally been understood either as religious experiences or else as a feature of mental illness. Some critics of traditional religious faith have dismissed the visions and voices attributed to biblical characters and saints as evidence of mental disorder. However, it is now known that many ordinary people, with no other evidence of mental disorder, also hear voices and that these voices not infrequently include spiritual or religious content. Psychological and interdisciplinary research has shed a revealing light on these experiences in recent years, so that we now know much more about the phenomenon of "hearing voices" than ever before. The present work considers biblical, historical, and scientific accounts of spiritual and mystical experiences of voice hearing in the Christian tradition in order to explore how some voices may be understood theologically as revelatory. It is proposed that in the incarnation, Christian faith finds both an understanding of what it is to be fully human (a theological anthropology), and God's perfect self-disclosure (revelation). Within such an understanding, revelatory voices represent a key point of interpersonal encounter between human beings and God.
Christopher C. H. Cook is Professor of Spirituality, Theologyand Health in the Department of Theologyand Religion at Durham University, an Honorary Minor Canon at Durham Cathedral, and an Honorary Chaplain with Tees, Eskand Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust (TEWV). He trained in medicine, at St George's Hospital Medical School, London, and then undertook postgraduate training in psychiatry at Guys Hospital, London. He was an Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist with TEWV until 2017. Christopher was ordained as an Anglican priest in 2001. He has research doctorates in psychiatry and in theology and is Director of the Project for Spirituality, Theologyand Health at Durham University. He is the author of The Philokalia and the Inner Life (James Clarke, 2011) and co-editor of Spirituality and Narrative in Psychiatric Practice (with Andrew Powell and Andrew Sims, RCPsych Press, 2016) and Spirituality, Theology and Mental Health (SCM, 2013). He is a member of the core research team for the Hearing the Voice project at Durham University.
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9780429423093 Taylor & Francis
2020426288
101747395 DNLM
Hearing--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Spirits.
Experience (Religion)
Auditory hallucinations.
Christianity.
Spirituality.
Mysticism.
Psychology and religion.
Hallucinations--psychology
Christianity
Spirituality
Mysticism
Religion and Psychology
Esprits.
Expérience religieuse.
Hallucinations auditives.
Christianisme.
Spiritualité.
Mysticisme.
Psychologie et religion.
Christianity.
mysticism.
RELIGION / Christianity / Theology / General
RELIGION / Psychology of Religion
RELIGION / Religion & Science
Auditory hallucinations.
Experience (Religion)
Hearing--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Spirits.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
BV4509.5
248.2/9
WM 204
Hearing voices, demonic and divine : scientific and theological perspectives / Christopher C.H. Cook. - 1 online resource (1 PDF file (257 pages)) - Online access: NCBI NCBI Bookshelf. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Voice-hearing in contemporary spiritual and religious context -- Voices in religion: history, tradition, and sacred texts -- Hearing voices in Hebrew scripture -- Hearing voices in Christian scripture: the New Testament -- Hearing voices in the Christian tradition -- Hearing voices in Christian experience -- Hearing the voice of God: science and theology -- Revelatory voices.
Open Access
Experiences of hearing the voice of God (or angels, demons, or other spiritual beings) have generally been understood either as religious experiences or else as a feature of mental illness. Some critics of traditional religious faith have dismissed the visions and voices attributed to biblical characters and saints as evidence of mental disorder. However, it is now known that many ordinary people, with no other evidence of mental disorder, also hear voices and that these voices not infrequently include spiritual or religious content. Psychological and interdisciplinary research has shed a revealing light on these experiences in recent years, so that we now know much more about the phenomenon of "hearing voices" than ever before. The present work considers biblical, historical, and scientific accounts of spiritual and mystical experiences of voice hearing in the Christian tradition in order to explore how some voices may be understood theologically as revelatory. It is proposed that in the incarnation, Christian faith finds both an understanding of what it is to be fully human (a theological anthropology), and God's perfect self-disclosure (revelation). Within such an understanding, revelatory voices represent a key point of interpersonal encounter between human beings and God.
Christopher C. H. Cook is Professor of Spirituality, Theologyand Health in the Department of Theologyand Religion at Durham University, an Honorary Minor Canon at Durham Cathedral, and an Honorary Chaplain with Tees, Eskand Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust (TEWV). He trained in medicine, at St George's Hospital Medical School, London, and then undertook postgraduate training in psychiatry at Guys Hospital, London. He was an Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist with TEWV until 2017. Christopher was ordained as an Anglican priest in 2001. He has research doctorates in psychiatry and in theology and is Director of the Project for Spirituality, Theologyand Health at Durham University. He is the author of The Philokalia and the Inner Life (James Clarke, 2011) and co-editor of Spirituality and Narrative in Psychiatric Practice (with Andrew Powell and Andrew Sims, RCPsych Press, 2016) and Spirituality, Theology and Mental Health (SCM, 2013). He is a member of the core research team for the Hearing the Voice project at Durham University.
9780429423093 0429423098 0429750951 9780429750939 0429750935 9780429750946 0429750943 9780429750953
9780429423093 Taylor & Francis
2020426288
101747395 DNLM
Hearing--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Spirits.
Experience (Religion)
Auditory hallucinations.
Christianity.
Spirituality.
Mysticism.
Psychology and religion.
Hallucinations--psychology
Christianity
Spirituality
Mysticism
Religion and Psychology
Esprits.
Expérience religieuse.
Hallucinations auditives.
Christianisme.
Spiritualité.
Mysticisme.
Psychologie et religion.
Christianity.
mysticism.
RELIGION / Christianity / Theology / General
RELIGION / Psychology of Religion
RELIGION / Religion & Science
Auditory hallucinations.
Experience (Religion)
Hearing--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Spirits.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
BV4509.5
248.2/9
WM 204
