Article: Darkness Is My Only Companion: A Christian Response to Mental Illness

Darkness Is My Only Companion: A Christian Response to Mental Illness. By Kathryn Greene-McCreight. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Brazos Press, 2006. 176 pp. $16.99 (paper).

This thoughtful and engaging hook addresses the fissure between medical and theological responses to mental illness. Greene-McCreight recognizes that the medical profession lacks resources to consider the relation of God to mental illness, and she observes that the church often falters in its attempts to minister faithfully to those suffering from mental illness. In the midst of her own struggles with bipolar disorder, Greene-McCreight looked for hut did not find a hook that explicitly addressed her most pressing questions. What ...

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