Seeking Sanctuary, Finding Shalom: Toward a Deeper Practical Theology of Mental Health

What if our well-intentioned efforts to promote mental health inadvertently perpetuate systems that cause mental unwellness?What if the resilience we encourage only equips individuals to endure rather than challenge structures detrimental to their well-being?Why do mental health experiences vary so drastically across cultures, with Western societies seemingly posing the greatest challenges for certain conditions?Against the backdrop of escalating ecological dramas that devastate our world and its climate, do we ever wonder what ecological suffering might imply for our mental health?With this poignant, impassioned book, John Swinton invites us to begin exploring avenues toward addressing these daunting and interrelated issues. Seeking Sanctuary, Finding Shalom proposes that we think theologically about mental health as a matter of the collective body of human beings and the welfare of creation.Swinton contends that the ways in which we structure creation-relational, social, cultural, po