Judeo-Christian Religious Experience and Psychopathology: The Legacy of William James – Professor Simon Dein (Seminar, Durham, 15 March 2012)

Research Summary: Judeo-Christian Religious Experience and Psychopathology

Topic: Academic seminar on religious experience, mental health, and psychopathology

Primary Focus: William James' Varieties of Religious Experience; concepts of self, agency, and the subliminal

Research Areas: Christian conversion, mysticism, psychosis, mental health, and healing phenomena

Speaker: Professor Simon Dein, Honorary Clinical Professor, School for Medicine and Health

Event Date: Thursday, 15 March 2012, 4:00–5:30 pm

Venue: University Debating Chamber, Palace Green, Durham

Evidence Base: Contemporary research on relationships between religious experience and psychopathology, building on classical philosophical foundations.

Scope: Examines intersections of theology, psychology, and clinical medicine within Judeo-Christian traditions; proposes future research directions.

Durham Project for Spirituality, Theology & Health
Presents

Judeo-Christian Religious Experience and Psychopathology:
The Legacy of William James

Professor Simon Dein
Honorary Clinical Professor, School for Medicine and Health.

This paper examines the relationship between Judeo-Christian religious experience and pyschopathology. It builds on WIlliam James’ Varieties of Religious Experience and more specifically his discussions of self, agency and the subliminal. Contemporary research on Christian conversion, mysticism and its relationship to psychosis and mental health and healing are discussed. Future themes for research are proposed.

Thursday 15th March 2012
4pm -5.30 pm
New venue: University Debating Chamber on Palace Green

If you wish to attend, please email Jo McKenzie. Upcoming seminars are advertised here.