Kathryn Greene-McCreight Knihy

Where is God in the suffering of a mentally ill person? What happens to the soul when the mind is ill? How are Christians to respond to mental illness? In this brave and compassionate book, theologian and priest Kathryn Greene-McCreight confronts these difficult questions raised by her own mental illness--bipolar disorder. With brutal honesty, she tackles often avoided topics such as suicide, mental hospitals, and electroconvulsive therapy. Greene-McCreight offers the reader everything from poignant and raw glimpses into the mind of a mentally ill person to practical and forthright advice for their friends, family, and clergy. The first edition has been recognized as one of the finest books on the subject. This thoroughly revised edition incorporates updated research and adds anecdotal and pastoral commentary. It also includes a new foreword by the current Archbishop of Canterbury and a new afterword by the author.

How does the Christian vision of death, evil and suffering differ from the world`s? What does it mean to pick up your cross and follow? How can we discern our own cross and what does it mean to pick it up? Is it ever appropriate to take on suffering as a practice of training in the Christian life and how might these questions shape our Lenten observances and disciplines? Kathryn Greene-McCreight gives here a profound meditation of the life, suffering and ultimate triumph of Jesus of Nazareth. This is not a work of philosophy or theology on the problem of evil. Rather the author draws on her experience as a priest and therapist to delve deeply into these issues- on how people can move from the agony of the cross to the bright morning of resurrection.