THE CHURCH AND MENTAL HEALTH: THEOLOGICAL AND PRACTICAL RESPONSES: with Gillian K. Straine and Mark Harris, “Mental Well‐Being, Neuroscience, and Religion: Contributions from the Science and Religion Forum”; Fraser Watts, “Theology and Science of Mental Health and Well‐Being”; Lindsay Bruce and Sarah Lane Ritchie, “The Physicalized Mind and the Gut‐Brain Axis: Taking Mental Health Out of Our Heads”; Jaime Wright, “In the Beginning: The Role of Myth in Relating Religion, Brain Science, and Mental Well‐Being”; William L. Atkins, “Empirical Mindfulness: Traditiona

Over the past few years, the number of Christian projects and charities working in the mental health sector in the United Kingdom has increased dramatically. At the same time, scientific and medical understandings of mental health have been advancing rapidly. These parallel trends beg a serious question: is the Christian Church's response to mental health authentically engaging with a changing scientific picture? Are theological questions like responsibility, sin, redemption, and reconciliation taking account of a changing landscape? This is not a theoretical question, but has major practical consequences for developing practical pastoral responses.