DeHoff Psychosis or Mystical Religious Experience?

A New Paradigm Grounded in Psychology and Reformed Theology
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-3-319-68261-7
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 248 Seiten

Reihe: Progress in Mathematics

Includes cutting-edge original research undertaken by the author into pastoral conceptions of mystical religious experience and how it differs from psychosis  Provides comparative analysis of current theological beliefs and practices and psychological theories and practices around psychosis and mystical religious experience 
Outlines provisional guidelines for clinical and counselling professionals that distinguish mystical religious experience in relation to psychosis

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

DeHoff, Susan L.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1.Mystical Religious Experience and Psychosis: Contours of the Problem .- 2.Reformed Theology: Historical Perspectives on Mystical Experience .- 3. Psychoanalytic Views of Mystical Religious Experience.- 4. Post-Freudian Psychological Theories.- 5. Research: Presbyterian Church (USA) Views on MRE.- 6. Theology and Psychology: An Interdisciplinary Discussion.- 7. Proposing A New Paradigm.- 8. Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Susan L. DeHoff is Visiting Scholar in the School of Theology at Boston University, USA. She holds a PhD in Counseling Psychology and Religion from Boston University, USA and a M.Div. from Emory University, USA. DeHoff is ordained in the Presbyterian Church (USA) and is a Fellow of the American Association of Pastoral Counselors.