Christopher C. H. Cook is the Emeritus Professor in Spirituality, Theology & Health within the Institute for Medical Humanities at Durham University. A past chair of the Spirituality & Psychiatry Special Interest Group at RCPsych, he has a background in addictions psychiatry, as well as a PhD in theology. He was awarded the Canterbury Cross by the Archbishop of Canterbury in 2020 for his interdisciplinary work on theology and psychiatry and he was the 2021 recipient of the Oskar Pfister Award from the American Psychiatric Association. With over 40 years of experience in the field, he has published numerous journal articles and book chapters on spirituality, theology and psychiatry as well as 6 single author books, and 7 edited volumes.