02767oam 2200469 450 991076582980332120230217095630.00-429-42309-80-429-75094-30-367-58243-0(CKB)4100000009163607(MiAaPQ)EBC7244834(Au-PeEL)EBL7244834(EXLCZ)99410000000916360720191111h20192019 fu 0engurm|#---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierHearing voices, demonic and divine scientific and theological perspectives /Christopher C.H. CookAbingdon, Oxon :Routledge,2019.©20191 online resource (257 pages) digital, PDF file(s)Print version: 9781472453983 Includes bibliographical references and index.Experiences of hearing the voice of God (or angels, demons, or other spiritual beings) have generally been understood either as religious experiences or else as a feature of mental illness. Some critics of traditional religious faith have dismissed the visions and voices attributed to biblical characters and saints as evidence of mental disorder. However, it is now known that many ordinary people, with no other evidence of mental disorder, also hear voices and that these voices not infrequently include spiritual or religious content. Psychological and interdisciplinary research has shed a revealing light on these experiences in recent years, so that we now know much more about the phenomenon of "hearing voices" than ever before. The present work considers biblical, historical, and scientific accounts of spiritual and mystical experiences of voice hearing in the Christian tradition in order to explore how some voices may be understood theologically as revelatory. It is proposed that in the incarnation, Christian faith finds both an understanding of what it is to be fully human (a theological anthropology), and God’s perfect self-disclosure (revelation). Within such an understanding, revelatory voices represent a key point of interpersonal encounter between human beings and God.HearingReligious aspectsChristianitySpiritsExperience (Religion)Auditory hallucinationsHearingReligious aspectsChristianity.Spirits.Experience (Religion)Auditory hallucinations.248.29Cook Chris(Christopher C.H.),135088UkMaJRUBOOK9910765829803321Hearing voices, demonic and divine2946173UNINA