Sadness, Depression, and the Dark Night of the Soul: Transcending the Medicalisation of Sadness

by Gloria Dura-Vila

Revealing a tension between the medical model of depression and the very different language of theology, this book explores how religious people and communities understand severe sadness, their coping mechanisms and their help-seeking behaviours.

Drawing from her study of practicing Catholics, contemplative monks and nuns, priests and laypeople studying theology, the author describes how symptoms that might otherwise be described as pathological...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1785920561
• ISBN13: 9781785920561
• Release Date: January 2017
• Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 8.9"