Is There a God in Health Care
Haworth Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7890-2866-2 (ISBN)
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Discover how physical, mental, and spiritual health can be enhanced by faith
A physician, well-known for praying with his patients, and an award-winning professor of theology share their insights on how religious faith can provide help in the healing processes of today’s health care ministry. Is There a God in Health Care? shares the belief that prayer can be a powerful resource in dealing with illness, whether physical, spiritual, or emotional. 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.
Authors William F. Haynes Jr. and Geffrey B. Kelly share their experiences on the nature of faith, spirituality, and the practice of prayer as pathways to the achievement of inner peace, good health, and wholeness when struggling to overcome illness, cope with grief, or finding meaning in suffering. Is There a God in Health Care? examines how, without neglecting proper medical interventions, faith can become a helpful healing resource in times of need. This compelling book 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.
Is There a God in Health Care? 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
and much more
Is There a God in Health Care? is brimming with compassion and insights that can help everyone involved in the healing professions and anyone who cares for the sick among us.
Foreword (Daniel P. Sulmasy)
Preface
Chapter 1. The Power of Prayer in the Health Care Ministries
Reflections
Our Journeys in Faith
Further Reflections: Doctor Bill
Prayer with Patients: Doctor Bill
Discussion Questions
Chapter 2. Faith: Its Nature and Its Work Among the Sick and Needy
The Nature and Role of Faith in a Life Worth Living
Faith As a Person to Whom We Commit Ourselves Irrevocably
Tillich and Faith As One’s Ultimate Concern
Faith As That for Which We Would Risk Our Lives
Faith As a Longing for God
Faith That Sustains in the Midst of Suffering: Ernest Gordon
Faith As Letting Go of Everything Standing Between Us and God: Cardinal Bernardin
Faith As the Inspiration to Care for the Needy of This World: Jean Vanier
Faith As the Inspiration to Care for Society’s Throwaways: Mother Teresa
Theological Reflections on a Community of Believers
Discussion Questions
Chapter 3. Learning Prayer
Theologian Geff’s Journey
Doctor Bill’s Journey to a Deepened Faith in Prayer
Discussion Questions
Chapter 4. Jesus’ Healing Ministry and Sufferings Related to Personal Experiences
God As the Father
Care of the Poor and the Sick
Health Care Providers
The Problems of Suffering and Death
Healing As Christ Does
The Inevitability of the Cross: Geff’s Experience
A Religious Experience
Doctor Bill’s Experiences
Carrying the Cross: We Are Not Alone
Do Not Blame God for Our Ills
Discussion Questions
Chapter 5. Suffering, Terminal Illness, and the Healing Ministry
Suffering in the Context of the Purpose of One’s Life
Doctor Bill’s Personal Reflections
The Deceased Beloved and the Legacy Left Behind
Time with the Family Following the Death of the Beloved
Premonitions of Death: God’s Providential Care
After-Death Experiences
Geff’s Theological Reflection on Suffering, Death, and Grief
Jesus’ Courage in the Face of Suffering
Suffering As a Path to Holiness
God’s Presence Amid Our Suffering
Dealing with Death and Grief
Varying Attitudes Toward Death: Religious Insights
Death and the Afterlife
Death As a Friend
Discussion Questions
Chapter 6. Forgiveness and Reconciliation in the Healing Process
Theologian Geff’s Wedding Gift: A Message of Forgiveness
Reconciliation and Healing
Compassion and Forgiveness in the Service of Healing: Doctor Bill’s Reflections
Rejection and the Ministry of Reconciliation
Isolation and Individualism: Barriers Against Reconciliation
Communities of Support
Inner Healing Through Forbearance and Forgiveness
Forgiveness in Difficult Circumstances
Discussion Questions
Chapter 7. Listening from the Heart in Health Care
Listening in the Modern World
Doctor Bill’s Personal Reflections
Theologian Geff’s Personal Reflections
Some Practical Reflections
Patients Need Someone to Listen to Them: Doctor Bill’s Experience
Summary Reflections
Discussion Questions
Chapter 8. Social Responsibility, Compassion, and Spirituality at the National and International Level
Poverty, Faith, and the Mission to Alleviate Suffering
A Spirituality That Respects Ecology, the Environment, and Related Health Care Issues
The World’s Diminishing Water Supply: A Source of Anxiety and
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 14.6.2006 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Binghamton |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Gewicht | 544 g |
| Themenwelt | Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Palliativmedizin |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7890-2866-2 / 0789028662 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7890-2866-2 / 9780789028662 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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