LEADER 02700oam 2200445 450 001 9910348232403321 005 20220303163439.0 010 $a0-429-75094-3 010 $a0-367-58243-0 035 $a(CKB)4100000009163607 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000009163607 100 $a20191111h20192019 fu 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurm|#---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aHearing voices, demonic and divine $escientific and theological perspectives /$fChristopher C.H. Cook 210 1$aAbingdon, Oxon :$cRoutledge,$d2019. 210 4$dİ2019 215 $a1 online resource (257 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 311 08$aPrint version: 9781472453983 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 330 $aExperiences 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. 606 $aHearing$xReligious aspects$xChristianity 606 $aSpirits 606 $aExperience (Religion) 606 $aAuditory hallucinations 608 $bElectronic books. 615 0$aHearing$xReligious aspects$xChristianity. 615 0$aSpirits. 615 0$aExperience (Religion) 615 0$aAuditory hallucinations. 676 $a248.29 700 $aCook$b Chris$g(Christopher C.H.),$0135088 801 2$bUkMaJRU 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910348232403321 996 $aHearing voices, demonic and divine$92256140 997 $aUNINA