From Coffin to Heaven: A Psychological Study of Christian Conversion in Drug RehabilitationThis book investigates the psychological changes that take place after Christian conversion in chronic heroin-addicted individuals attending a religious programme. Drawing on the data collected in the programme, the author throws light upon questions regarding drug addiction and rehabilitation, religion and healing, and religious conversion in a Christian context. This is a practical book written in a concise yet scholarly fashion, and it is suitable for religious organization, social welfare/services policy maker, front-line helping professionals, and social work/psychology students in general. |
Contents
Drug Treatment and Rehabilitation | 9 |
Religionbased Drug Treatment and Rehabilitation | 17 |
Social Work and Drug Addiction | 21 |
Religion in Everyday Life | 29 |
Conversion and Identity | 45 |
TABLES | 53 |
Research Issues and Study Design | 61 |
Those Were the Days | 75 |
Individual Profiles | 111 |
DIAGRAMS | 112 |
St Stephens Society | 121 |
A Personal Construct Theory of Drug Addiction | 131 |
Relapse | 145 |
Religion and Healing | 153 |
Grid Measurements | 171 |
Diagram | 175 |
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