From Bedlam to Shalom : Towards a Practical Theology of Human Nature, Interpersonal Relationships, and Mental Health Care Book

Drawing on his years as a nurse specializing in psychiatry and learning disability and as a chaplain in a hospital and in the community, Swinton (practical theology, U. of Aberdeen, Scotland) explores some issues surrounding the theology and practice of mental health care. He describes a model of care-in-community that offers an alternativecorrective, he arguesto the individualized therapeutic approaches that have come to dominate mental health studies. The series that begins here will explore Christianity's commitment to action and the relationship between ecclesiology and ethics and between doctrine and practice. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR