Mental Health and Faith: The Struggle for Soul, Identity, and Flourishing

Please visit our website page for all the details (and to register) for this 10-week online webinar series!

[https://iscast.org/events/mental-health-and-faith-the-struggle-for-soul-identity-and-flourishing/ ](https://iscast.org/events/mental-health-and-faith-the-struggle-for-soul-identity-and-flourishing/)

• This series of online conversations delves into the growing mental health crisis, where mental illness is often a private battle that affects the deepest parts of the self and compromises one’s sense of identity.
• Compounded by shame, stigma, and the difficulty of accessing meaningful help, mental health challenges continue to rise.
• With mental illness projected to become the largest global healthcare burden by 2030, how might Christians think and respond, both clinically and theologically? Despite advances in science and technology, why are true cures elusive? Are we asking the wrong questions? Is the modern environment—characterised by technology, isolation, abstract thinking, and alienation from nature—contributing to this hidden suffering?
• Furthermore, what does Christian faith have to offer those struggling with mental illness? Can we redefine wellness and well-being to encompass both the “long dark night of the soul” and the pursuit of joy and flourishing?
• Join ISCAST and NZCIS, this time in collaboration with the Centre for Theology and Psychology at Melbourne School of Theology, for a 10-week series exploring Christian perspectives on some of the greatest mental health challenges of our time.