Christopher Cook & Isabelle Hamley 
Struggling with God [EPUB ebook] 
Mental Health and Christian Spirituality: Foreword by Justin Welby

Acknowledgements viii
Introduction xiii
1 Christian spirituality and mental health 1
2 Stigma and prejudice: giving up negative attitudes 22
3 God in our struggles: finding resilience 42
4 Recovery from mental health challenges 64
5 Mental health and disability: recognizing limits 83
6 Mental health and the mission of the Church 103
Conclusion 131
Appendix A Some useful resources 135
Appendix B Intercessions for mental health 138

John Swinton is Professor in Practical Theology and Pastoral Care and Chair in Divinity and Religious Studies at the University of Aberdeen. For more than a decade John worked as a registered mental health nurse, then as a chaplain alongside people with severe mental health challenges who were moving from the hospital into the community. In 2004, he founded the University of Aberdeen’s Centre for Spirituality, Health and Disability. He has published widely within the area of mental health, dementia, disability theology, spirituality and healthcare, qualitative research and pastoral care. John is the author of a number of monographs including Finding Jesus in the Storm: The spiritual lives of people with mental health challenges. (Eerdmans 2020). His book Dementia: Living in the memories of God won the Michael Ramsey Prize for excellence in theological writing.