•Deliverance ministry is little considered and often misunderstand•Brings together a range of significant voices on the topic•Truly interdisciplinary, and resolutely practical Of all the array of different ministries within the church, it is perhaps deliverance ministry which causes the most concern and confusion, and yet it is also the one most critical to understand in order to practice well. Drawing on an array of disciplines, including practical theology, biblical theology and systematics, this book brings together leading thinkers in their fields to consider the role of deliverance ministry in the life of the church today.
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"This book offers a profound set of insights into the question of how the Church can approach the complexities of the Ministry of Deliverance. I commend it for the breadth of its perspectives, covering ground-breaking research into issues of mental health and vulnerabilities, as well as anthropological and societal questions, together with serious engagement with scripture and tradition. Its authors are leading specialists and practitioners in their fields, all of which bear directly on the question of practical Christian responses to the increasing demand for the Ministry of Deliverance, and together they have produced a resource of outstanding value for our own moment." -- Peter Eagles "This is a highly informative and engaging collection of essays: anyone who is interested in the practice and theology of deliverance ministry will need to read it." -- Jason Bray
Introduction (Jennifer Strawbridge, Isabelle Hamley and Nicholas Adams)
Part I. Deliverance and Evil: Mental Health and Vulnerabilities 1 Hearing
Demonic Voices (Christopher C. H. Cook) 2 Evil and the Supernatural in
Popular Culture (Anne Richards) 3 The Practice of the Ministry of Deliverance
in the 21st Century (Nick Ladd) 4 Deliverance in Practice: Mental Health,
Theology, and Professional Boundaries (Christopher C. H. Cook) Part II.
Deliverance and Evil: Theologies and Cultures 5 Deliverance, Evil and the
Lords Prayer (Matthias Grebe) 6 Brief and Inexpensive: Exorcism in a London
Pentecostal Community (Nicholas Adams) Part III. Deliverance and Evil:
Biblical Studies 7 Confronting our Demons: The case of the Epileptic boy
(Mark 9.1429) (Loveday Alexander) 8 Dealing with Demons: Jesus among the
Ancient Exorcists (Hector Patmore) 9 Exploitation, Exorcism, and Power:
Reconfiguring Culpability for Possession in the New Testament (Candida Moss)
The Revd Dr Jenn Strawbridge is Associate Professor of New Testament, Oxford and G.B. Caird Fellow in Theology at Mansfield College. Professor of Philosophical Theology at the University of Birmingham
Isabelle Hamley is currently Secretary for Theology and Ecumenical Relations and Theological Adviser to the House of Bishop
