Psychosis or Mystical Religious Experience? A New Paradigm Grounded in Psychology and Reformed Theology /

• Main Author: DeHoff, Susan L. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Psychology and religion.; Psychotherapy.; Counseling.; Community psychology.; Environmental psychology.; Health psychology.; Religion and Psychology.; Psychotherapy and Counseling.; Community and Environmental Psychology.; Health Psychology.
• Physical Description: XVII, 248 p. 3 illus. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783319682617
• DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-68261-7

This book presents a new paradigm for distinguishing psychotic and mystical religious experiences. In order to explore how Presbyterian pastors differentiate such events, Susan L. DeHoff draws from Reformed theology, psychological theory, and robust qualitative research. Following a conversation among multidisciplinary voices, she presents a new paradigm considering the similarities, differences, and possible overlap of psychotic and mystical religious experiences.