healing and miracles
The place of miraculous healing within medicine makes for interesting discussion among doctors. Some of that discussion is covered in these articles.
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A theological diagnosis (triple helix - winter 2011)
A theological diagnosis: a new direction on genetic therapy, 'disability' and the ethics of healing. By Matt Edmonds Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2011 £25 Pb 208pp ISBN 978 1 84310 998 3 - This unusual book includes chapters on theology, genetic techniques and faith healing. The surprising link is...
hard questions about health and healing (nucleus - summer 2011)
- Hard Questions About Healthand Healing – Andrew Fergusson - CMF 2005 RRP £8.00 (but £4 on 12-12 scheme!) The book begins by looking at the foundations of what we believe as Christians, as a basis to approach the issues of health and healing. It discusses the need for a balance between the...
A pathologist looks at healing (triple helix - summer 2011)
David Powell - Powell Charity Trust 2010 - £7.50 Pb 140pp - ISBN 978 0 95623 361 5 - Available from & Maes Bryglass, Peniel, Carmarthen SA32 7HF - - David Powell qualified in medicine in 1952. He was awarded the MD (Commend) Ed 1959, FRCPath 1974 and FRCP 1981. I say this to make the point that...
a curious case (triple helix - summer 2011)
- The setting of this encounter is Lebanon, which was under the joint control of Rome and Syria; Jesus was able to stay with some Jews who lived there. He had gone away from Israel for a break but even so word got around, and this woman managed to push her way in. Preachers use this story to talk...
A curious cure? (triple helix - spring 2011)
Andrew Miller revisits a biblical resurrection ...Jesus went to a town called Nain, and his disciples and a large crowd went along with him. As he approached the town gate, a dead person was being carried out – the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. And a large crowd from the town was...
Cardinal Newman's Miracle (triple helix - winter 2010)
key points - Starting with the much publicised beatification of Cardinal Newman during the recent British visit of Pope Benedict XVI, the author reviews the medical evidence for the claim that Jack Sullivan had experienced miraculous healing after praying to the late Cardinal. He compares this...
medical miracles - doctors, saints and healing in the modern world (triple helix - winter 2009)
- Jacalyn Duffin Oxford University Press 2009 - £15.99 - Hb 285pp - ISBN 987 0 19533 650 4 - - Historian and haematologist Dr Duffin diagnosed severe acute leukaemia from a bone marrow sample. Surprisingly the patient survived, following prayers to a woman 200 years previously who had become...
Healing miracles at Lakeland? (triple helix - winter 2008)
'Gamaliel principle' effective again - Earlier this year supernatural phenomena were being reported in Lakeland, Florida at 'revival' events organised by Fresh Fire Ministries, and led by Todd Bentley. [1] Respected evangelical R T Kendall, now retired in Florida, was concerned but did not want to...
Does God Still Do Miracles? - An MD Examines (Book Review) (triple helix - summer 2008)
Brad Burke - Kingsway Publications 2006 - £6.99 Pb 160pp - ISBN 0 78144 2826 - This excellent short book deserves to be widely read, not least by Christian doctors and church leaders. 'Health and wealth prosperity teaching' flourishes across the world. Bible teachers should understand what the...
12 Disciples - Young People's Stories of Crisis and Faith (Book Review) (triple helix - spring 2008)
12 Disciples - Young People's Stories of Crisis and Faith - Andy Flannagan and Ann Calver - Monarch Publications 2007 - £7.99 Pb 256pp - ISBN 1 85424 8014 - Have you ever thought, 'If only God would do something?' Here is a book about young people – often in a mess – and the God who really does...