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Acknowledgments

Introduction: Life in All Its Fullness

Thick Descriptions

“Mental Illness” as a Journey

About the Book and Its Language

PART I: THE ART OF DESCRIPTION

Chapter 1: Redescribing the World of “Mental Illness”

The Practice of Description

The Problem of Thin Descriptions

Stigma as Thin Description

Making Up Thin People: The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)

Biology and the Thinning of Mental Health Challenges

The Thinning of Spirituality

Chapter 2: Resurrecting Phenomenology

The Death of Phenomenology

Developing a Phenomenological Attitude

Four Horizons: Creating a Thick Conversation around Severe Mental Health Challenges

PART II: REDESCRIBING DIAGNOSIS

Chapter 3: Taking Our Meds Faithfully

Diagnosis, Alienation, and Resignation

A Bipolar Story

PART III: REDESCRIBING DEPRESSION

Chapter 4: Lament and Joy

Depression

Thickening Our Understanding of Depression

Thinking about Joy

Depression as Antifeeling

Chapter 5: Finding God in the Darkness

Orientation

Disorientation

Reorientation

Finding God in God’s Absence

PART IV: HEARING VOICES

Chapter 6: Understanding Psychosis

The Problem with Schizophrenia

Understanding Psychosis

Nuancing Our Understanding

Chapter 7: Hearing Voices

Hearing Voices

When God Talks Back

Hearing Voices across Cultures

What Makes the Difference?

A Pathogenic Culture

Chapter 8: A Strange Kind of Loneliness

Are Voices Inevitably Bad? A Strange Kind of Silence

Theological Implications

A Theology of Naming

PART V: REDESCRIBING BIPOLAR DISORDER

Chapter 9: Bipolar Faith

The Biology of Spirituality

The Problem with Neurological Explanations: Moving beyond Neuromania

Chapter 10: Bipolar Disorder and the Nature of Suffering

Catherine’s Story

Epistemic Innocence: Medicating a Prophet

Rethinking Recovery: Creating a Context for Epistemic Justice

Repercussions: The Shadow Side of Spiritual Elation

Two Aspects of Suffering

The Suffering That Emerges from the Ascription of the Demonic

The Suffering That Emerges from Truth Telling

Sacrifice and Vocation

Conclusion: Redescribing Healing

Cultural Healing

Liturgical Healing

Biblical Healing

Theological Healing

Epistemic Healing and Epistemological Generosity

Testimonial Healing

Relational Healing

Appendix: Mental Health Resources

Bibliography

Index

Finding Jesus in the Storm

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