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28-05-2008
Is There a God in Health Care: Toward a New Spirituality of Medicine
by William F. Haynes and Geffrey B. Kelly (editors)
New York: Haworth Pastoral Press, 2006
xxiv + 222 pp with Index, Hard Cover/Soft Cover
ISBN: 978-0-7890-2866-2 Hard Cover
ISBN: 978-0-7890-2867-9 Soft Cover
About this Book This work presents case studies of patients healed or cured of their illnesses through the power of prayer and stories of actual services in which a religious healer has affected both spiritual healings and physical cures. The authors avoid rehashing analytical theories on suffering and the ‘miracles' of healing they may have seen, instead examining how personal faith can enhance the immune system, how a spiritual outlook can help bear the burden of suffering and grief, and how forbearance and forgiveness are crucial in maintaining a healthy attitude toward life.
This book includes suggestions for learning how to pray, stages of faith and prayer, healing a broken heart, doctor-patient bonding, the physician as spiritual healer, the importance of listening, God as caregiver, accepting God's plan, the mystery of prayers that go unanswered, the impact of national and international political policies in present-day health care crises.
About the Authors
William F. Haynes Jr. is Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School; Honorary Staff, University Medical Center, Princeton, New Jersey. Geffrey B. Kelly is Chairperson, Department of Religion, and Professor of Systematic Theology, La Salle University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Contents Foreword (Daniel P. Sulmasy)
Preface
Chapter 1. The Power of Prayer in the Health Care Ministries
Chapter 2. Faith: Its Nature and Its Work Among the Sick and Needy
Chapter 3. Learning Prayer
Chapter 4. Jesus' Healing Ministry and Sufferings Related to Personal Experiences
Chapter 5. Suffering, Terminal Illness, and the Healing Ministry
Chapter 6. Forgiveness and Reconciliation in the Healing Process
Chapter 7. Listening from the Heart in Health Care
Chapter 8. Social Responsibility, Compassion, and Spirituality at the National and International Level
Chapter 9. Healing Services, Miracles, Cures, and Hopes
Chapter 10. Conclusion: Health Care in the Power of the Spirit
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Reference Notes Included
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