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Informationen zum Autor John Weaver is an instructor at SUNY Broome. He lives in Amsterdam, New York. Klappentext In the evangelical community, a variety of alternative mental health treatments--deliverance/exorcism, biblical counseling, reparative therapy and many others--have been proposed for the treatment of mentally ill, female and LGBT evangelicals. This book traces the history of these methods, focusing on the major proponents of each therapeutic system while also examining mainstream evangelical psychology. The author concludes that in the majority of cases mental disorders are blamed on two main issues--sin and demonic possession/oppression--and that as a result some communities have become a mental health underclass who are ill-served or oppressed by both alternative and mainstream evangelical therapeutic systems. He argues that the only recourse left for mentally ill, female and LGBT evangelicals is to rally for reform and increased accountability for both professional and alternative evangelical practitioners. Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsPrefaceIntroduction1.¿Deliverance Movement: History and Foundational Assumptions2.¿The Complementary Mental Health Care of Charismatics: From the Sandfords to Sozo3.¿Mission Without Mercy: Mercy Ministries and Deliverance4.¿Jay Adams: The Beginnings of Evangelical Anti-Psychiatry and the Demonization of the Mentally Ill5.¿Biblical Counseling: The Second and Third Generations 1276.¿Patriarchal Counseling7.¿Evangelicals and Ex-gays: The Failure of Praying the Gay Away8.¿Integrationism and the PopularizersConclusion: Evangelicals and Mental IllnessAppendix A: A Christological Vision of a Mad Christ: Mental Illness and JesusAppendix B: Mercy Ministries' View of the BodyList of AcronymsGlossaryChapter NotesWorks CitedIndex
