Hearing Voices, Demonic and Divine - 9781472453983

Taylor & Francis

Hearing Voices, Demonic and DivineScientific and Theological Perspectives\nAuthor(s): Christopher C. H. Cook\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781472453983, 978-1472453983\nSynopsis\nThe Open Access version of this book, available at [url] has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivative [url] license.\n\nExperiences 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 resear.