Table of Contents
Preface 1
Introduction 3
1 What's in a Name? 13
2 Biblical Focus 17
2.1 Old Testament
2.2 New Testament 21
2.3 The Pauline Perspective 24
2.4 James 25
2.5 Conclusion 26
3 What happened to Healing? 27
3.1 Miracle and Superstition 29
3.2 Community Care 34
3.3 Conclusion 37
4 What is Healing? 39
4.1 How does healing work? 43
4.2 Conclusion 53
5 A Theological Reflection 55
5.1 Healing as part of the created order 58
5.2 Is healing in the Church any different? 61
5.3 What of the Holy Trinity? 62
5.4 Does healing have to be in the name of Jesus? 67
5.5 Going with the flow 68
5.6 What about prayer? 69
5.7 Can places be healed? 70
5.8 Conclusion 72
6 Healing the World 75
6.1 Healing the "clash of cultures"-Inter-faith Dialogue
6.2 Healing the Environment and the World 81
7 Church as Therapeutic Community 91
7.1 The "Health Cabinet" 93
7.2 Parish Nursing
7.3 Parish nursing Pilot Project-Lichfield 96
7.4 Conclusion 103
8 Postscript 105
Bibliography 107
Questions for Group Discussion 109
