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Swinton is a major figure in the development of disability theology. In 2016 he was awarded the Michael Ramsey Prize for theological writing for his book Dementia: Living in the Memories of God. John is Professor in Practical Theology and Pastoral care.
26 de oct. de 2018 · John Swinton, Medicating the Soul: Why Medication Needs Stories, Christian bioethics: Non-Ecumenical Studies in Medical Morality, Volume 24, Issue 3, December 2018, Pages 302–318, https://doi.org/10.1093/cb/cby013
4 de jul. de 2020 · John Swinton is professor in Practical Theology and Pastoral Care in the School of Divinity, Religious Studies and Philosophy at the University of Aberdeen. He has a background in nursing and healthcare chaplaincy and has researched and published extensively within the areas of practical theology, mental health, spirituality, and ...
26 de nov. de 2023 · Presenting theodicy as a product of modernity, Swinton considers the theological compulsion to provide some sort of resolution to the ‘problem of suffering’ to be the result of a post-Enlightenment, Western tradition in which logic, knowledge and reason are given primacy over faith.
19 de jul. de 2021 · John Swinton, Finding Jesus in the Storm: The Spiritual Lives of Christians with Mental Health Challenges - Cortland Fransella, 2021.
It argues that dementia must properly be conceived and confronted as a social, cultural and spiritual phenomenon rather than merely as a narrowly biological one. Swinton proposes that the fundamental questions of identity, memory, hope, and knowledge of God raised by our experience of dementia are, in reality, questions whose very nature and ...
In turning to consider bipolar disorder, Swinton utilises his interviews to tease out how one’s biology contributes to spiritual experiences. He considers the role of others’ responses in amplifying suffering, with a balanced critique of how Christians misappropriate the demonic – and how we might enact truth-telling in a way that minimises damage.
