Christopher Cook is Professor of Spirituality, Theology and Health at Durham University and co-investigator in the interdisciplinary Hearing the Voice Project funded by the Wellcome Trust.

• Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 Conversion; 3 Calling; 4 Crisis; 5 Comfort; 6 Confirmation and Clarification; 7 Companions; 8 Communications; 9 Conversational Prayer; 10 Conversational Voices; 11 Evil Company; 12 Complex Company; 13 Christian Discernment; 14 Clinical and Pastoral Practice; References

Beginning with experiences of Christians at points of crisis, conversion or calling, Dr. Cook moves to more complex dialogues with God or evil, and the phenomena of possession and deliverance. Without presuming to answer all questions, he probes the psychological and spiritual dimensions of our inner voices, thoughtfully relates scientific insight to theological wisdom, and argues convincingly for an informed pastoral approach.