The Cerulean Soul: A Relational Theology of Depression

by Peter J. Bellini

Depression is difficult to define. It is commonly described as a chemical imbalance, a subjective experience of despondency, or even a semiotic construct. The various theories of depression--biochemical, psychological, cultural--often reflect one's philosophical anthropology. How one defines the human person is telling in how one defines mental disorder. Philosophy and the sciences tend to offer reductive explanations of what it means to be human,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1481310933
• ISBN13: 9781481310932
• Release Date: August 2021
• Publisher: Baylor University Press
• Length: 309 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.7" x 9.2"