Resurrecting the person :

Swinton, John, 1957-

Resurrecting the person : friendship and the care of people with mental health problems / John Swinton. - Nashville : Abingdon Press, c2000. - 237 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Includes index.

Friendship and liberation --
Community and friendship : the church as a liberating community --
Setting the context : deinstitutionalization and care in the "community" --
What is schizophrenia? --
Beyond the medical model : schizophrenia as a neurobiological disorder --
Creating nonpersons : the poverty of schizophrenia --
Stories from dark places --
Memory, resurrection, and hope --
Resurrecting the person : friendship, hope, and personhood --
Enabling friendship-in-community : a ministry of introduction, education, and enablement --
Creating a context for care : understanding and overcoming congregational resistance --
Caring for the carers : creating a hopeful future --
From "mental patient" to person-in-relation.

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Church work with the mentally ill
Mental health --Christianity.--Religious aspects

BV4461 / .S95 2000