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INSANITY AND DIVINITY How close is spirituality to psychosis? Covering the interrelation of psychosis and spirituality from a number of angles, Insanity and Divinity will generate dialogue and discussion, aid critical refl ection and stimulate creative approaches to clinical work for those interested in the connections between religious studies, psychoanalysis, anthropology and hagiography. Bringing together an international range of contributors and covering many different types of religious experience, this book presents its theme in three parts: • psychoanalysis, belief and mysticism • anthropology, history and hagiography • psychology, psychosis and religious experience. Each section includes discussion of the hinterland between madness and religious experience from the perspective of a number of religions, autobiographical accounts of those who have experienced a psychosis in which spirituality played a key part and a comprehensive review of the position of psychology research into the meaning and function of spirituality in relation to the psychoses. Insightful, enlightening and wide-ranging, Insanity and Divinity is ideal for clinicians, academics and chaplains working in clinical settings. John Gale is a former Benedictine monk who later trained as a psychotherapist and is now CEO of the charity Community Housing and Therapy. He is particularly interested in the interface between philosophy, spirituality and psychoanalysis. Michael Robsonis the Director of Studies in Divinity at St Edmund’s College, Cambridge. He is the author of a number of books and editor of The Cambridge Companion to Francis of Assisi. Georgia Rapsomatioti is a community mental health advocate who previously worked at Community Housing and Therapy as deputy manager at Lexham House and senior therapist at Highams Lodge. She has an interest in Lacanian psychoanalysis, trauma and psychosis. The Book Series of the International Society for Psychological and Social Approaches to Psychosis Series editors:Brian Martindale and Alison Summers ISPS (The International Society for Psychological and Social Approaches to Psychosis) has a history stretching back more than fi fty years during which it has witnessed the relentless pursuit of biological explanations for psychosis. The tide has been turning in recent years and there is a welcome international resurgence of interest in a range of psychological factors that have considerable explanatory power and therapeutic possibilities. Governments, professional groups, people with personal experience of psychosis and family members are increasingly expecting interventions that involve more talking and listening. Many now regard practitioners skilled in psychological therapies as an essential component of the care of people with psychosis. ISPS is a global society. It aims to promote psychological and social approaches both to understanding and to treating psychosis. It also aims to bring together different perspectives on these issues. ISPS is composed of individuals, networks and institutional members from a wide range of back- grounds and is especially concerned that those with personal experience of psychosis and their family members are fully involved in our activities along- side practitioners and researchers, and that all benefi t from this. Our members recognise the potential humanitarian and therapeutic potential of skilled psychological understanding and therapy in the fi eld of psychosis and ISPS embraces a wide spectrum of approaches from psychodynamic, systemic, cog- nitive, and arts therapies to the need-adapted approaches, family and group therapies and residential therapeutic communities. We are also most interested in establishing meaningful dialogue with those practitioners and researchers who are more familiar with biological-based approaches. There is increasing empirical evidence for the interaction of genes and biology with the emotional and social environment, and there are impor- tant examples of such interactions in the fi elds of trauma, attachment rela- tionships in the family and in social settings and with professionals. ISPS activities include regular international and national conferences, newsletters and email discussion groups. Routledge has recognised the impor- tance of our fi eld in publishing both the book series and the ISPS journal: Psychosis – Psychological, Social and Integrative Approaches with the two comp lementing one another. The book series started in 2004 and by 2012 had 15 volumes with several more in preparation. A wide range of topics are covered and we hope this refl ects some success in our aim of bringing together a rich range of perspectives. The book series is intended as a resource for a broad range of mental health professionals as well as those developing and implementing policy and people whose interest in psychosis is at a personal level. We aim for rigorous academic standards and at the same time accessibility to a wide range of readers, and for the books to promote the ideas of clinicians and researchers who may be well known in some countries but not so familiar in others. Our overall intention is to encourage the dissemination of existing knowledge and ideas, promote productive debate, and encourage more research in a most important fi eld whose secrets certainly do not all reside in the neurosciences. For more information about ISPS, email [email protected] or visit our website, www.isps.org. For more information about the journal Psychosis visit www.isps.org/index. php/publications/journal MODELS OF MADNESS: PSYCHOLOGICAL, SOCIAL AND BIOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO SCHIZOPHRENIA First edition Edited by John Read, Loren R. Mosher & Richard P. Bentall PSYCHOSES: AN INTEGRATIVE PERSPECTIVE Edited by Johan Cullberg EVOLVING PSYCHOSIS: DIFFERENT STAGES, DIFFERENT TREATMENTS Edited by Jan Olav Johanessen, Brian V. Martindale & Johan Cullberg FAMILY AND MULTI-FAMILY WORK WITH PSYCHOSIS: A GUIDE FOR PROFESSIONALS Gerd-Ragna Block Thorsen, Trond Gronnestad & Anne Lise Oxenvad EXPERIENCES OF MENTAL HEALTH IN-PATIENT CARE: NARRATIVES FROM SERVICE USERS, CARERS AND PROFESSIONALS Edited by Mark Hardcastle, David Kennard, Sheila Grandison & Leonard Fagin PSYCHOTHERAPIES FOR THE PSYCHOSES: THEORETICAL, CULTURAL, AND CLINICAL INTEGRATION Edited by John Gleeson, Eión Killackey & Helen Krstev THERAPEUTIC COMMUNITIES FOR PSYCHOSIS: PHILOSOPHY, HISTORY AND CLINICAL PRACTICE Edited by John Gale, Alba Realpe & Enrico Pedriali BEYOND MEDICATION: THERAPEUTIC ENGAGEMENT AND THE RECOVERY FROM PSYCHOSIS Edited by David Garfi eld & Daniel Mackler MAKING SENSE OF MADNESS: CONTESTING THE MEANING OF SCHIZOPHRENIA Jim Geekie & John Read PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC APPROACHES TO SCHIZOPHRENIA PSYCHOSIS Edited by Yrjö O. Alanen, Manuel González de Chávez, Ann-Louise S. Silver & Brian Martindale CBT FOR PSYCHOSIS: A SYMPTOM-BASED APPROACH Edited by Roger Hagen, Douglas Turkington, Torkil Berge & Rolf W. Gråwe PSYCHOSIS AS A PERSONAL CRISIS: AN EXPERIENCE- BASED APPROACH Edited by Marius Romme & Sandra Escher PSYCHOSIS AND EMOTION: THE ROLE OF EMOTIONS IN UNDERSTANDING PSYCHOSIS, THERAPY AND RECOVERY Edited by Andrew Gumley, Alf Gillham, Kathy Taylor & Matthias Schwannauer EXPERIENCING PSYCHOSIS: PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL PERSPECTIVES Edited by Jim Geekie, Patte Randal, Debra Lampshire & John Read INSANITY AND DIVINITY: STUDIES IN PSYCHOSIS AND SPIRITUALITY Edited by John Gale, Michael Robson & Georgia Rapsomatioti SURVIVING, EXISTING, OR LIVING: PHASE-SPECIFIC THERAPY FOR SEVERE PSYCHOSIS Pamela Fuller MODELS OF MADNESS: PSYCHOLOGICAL, SOCIAL AND BIOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO PSYCHOSIS Second edition Edited by John Read & Jacqui Dillon This page intentionally left blank INSANITY AND DIVINITY Studies in psychosis and spirituality Edited by John Gale, Michael Robson and Georgia Rapsomatioti First published 2014 by Routledge 27 Church Road, Hove, East Sussex BN3 2FA Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge 711 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017 Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business © 2014 John Gale, Michael Robson and Georgia Rapsomatioti The right of the editors to be identifified as the authors of the editorial material, and of the authors for their individual chapters, has been asserted in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. Trademark notice:Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identifification and explanation without intent to infringe. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Insanity and divinity : studies in psychosis and spirituality/edited by John Gale, Michael Robson, and Georgia Rapsomatioti. pages cm 1. Psychoses—Etiology. 2. Mental illness—Religious aspects. 3. Psychiatry and religion. 4. Spirituality—Psychological aspects. I. John, Gale. II. Robson, Michael J. P., 1946- III. Rapsomatioti, Georgia. RC512.I45 2013 616.89—dc23 2012049618 ISBN: 978-0-415-60861-9 (hbk) ISBN: 978-0-415-60862-6 (pbk) ISBN: 978-0-203-69424-4 (ebk) Typeset in Garamond by Refifi neCatch Limited, Bungay, Suffolk, UK This book is dedicated to Dom Aelred Baker osb who fifirst introduced me to patristic studies almost forty years ago. His erudition and guidance has been an inspiration to me ever since. And it is to his continued encouragement, enthusiasm and kindness that I owe so much. –John Gale

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