| Description |
ix, 126 pages ; 22 cm. |
| Series |
Concilium ; 1998/5 |
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Concilium series (Maryknoll, N.Y.) ; 1998/5.
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| Note |
Some contributions translated by John Bowden. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Editorial / Louis-Marie Chauvet -- Transitions in the meaning of health and health care : a First-World perspective / Paul J. Philibert -- The longevity of the practice of traditional care / Eric de Rosny -- The criticism of scientific medicine and the attractiveness of Western 'alternative' methods of healing / Michael Nüchtern -- Illness, healing and health : economic, legal and social dimensions / Lars Thielemann -- Religion, misfortune and illness in the |
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pre-industrial West / Jean Delumeau -- Illness, suffering and death as related to ancestral sin / Jean-Claude Larchet -- The practice of exorcism in the church / Patrick Dondelinger -- The healing power of faith : outline of a therapeutic theology / Eugen Biser -- The anointing of the sick : the oscillation of the church between physical and spiritual healing / Gisbert Greshake -- Recent developments in the anointing of the sick / Kristiaan Depoortere -- Prayer healing |
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and politics : the quietism of the healing churches in South Africa / Matthew Schoffeleers -- New church practices in healing : their importance in Asian high cultures : India / Eliza Kuppozhackel -- Illness and healing in the Uamsho (Revival) Movement in Tanzania / Anneth Munga. |
| Subject |
Medical care.
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Healing.
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Healing -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
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| Added Author |
Chauvet, Louis-Marie, 1942-
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Tomka, Miklós.
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| ISBN |
033403051X UK |
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1570751919 USA |
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