Gods and diseases : making sense of our physical and mental wellbeing / David Tacey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tacey, David J. (David John), 1953- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mental health--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Mental health.

Healing--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Healing.

Spiritual healing.

Psychology, Religious.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (262 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

<P>Today's society faces many problems that cannot be solved by the application of reason, logic or medicine. Some of these include alcoholism, suicide, drug addiction and child abuse to name but a few. Many mental health problems are on the increase such as depression, phobias and anxiety with no obvious solution in sight.</P><P>In Gods and Diseases, David Tacey argues that the answers lie in leaving behind the confines of conventional medicine. Instead we should turn towards spirituality and to what he calls 'meaning-making', to make sense of our physical and mental wellbeing and explore how

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents ; Introduction: Return of the Gods; Intuitive thinking ; Indigenous influence; The practical nature of spirituality ; My path to here ; Intellectual standpoint

Author's note 1. Gods and Diseases; Archetypes and subtle forces ; Diseases of the spirit ; Archetypal medicine ; The problem of credibility

Seeing through to the metaphor 'It's only psychological': popular approaches and positive thinking; Wrestling with our demons ; The spiritual roots of healing ; Metaphor as illness

The theory in plain language 2. The Suffering of Spiritual Rebirth; The induction into spirit ; The natural state overcomes itself ; Metaphors of death and rebirth

Spiritual initiation in the context of jungian thought The function and character of the Self; The human journey and the stages of life ; The spiritual meaning of life

Exile and homecoming

Notes:

"First published in English, Australia by HarperCollins Publishers Australia Pty Limited in 2011"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [240]-255) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-415-52063-0

1-135-08576-5

0-203-06922-6

1-135-08577-3

9780203069226

OCLC:

862825960