Spiritual healing: scientific and religious perspectives
edited by Fraser Watts
Spiritual healing: scientific and religious perspectives
Author
edited by Fraser WattsPublisher
Cambridge University PressEdition 1
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شناسنامه
Title and Author
Spiritual healing: scientific and religious perspectives / edited by Fraser WattsPublication Details
کمبریج : Cambridge University Press، 2011مPhysical Description
xiv, 207 p.: ill.; 24 cm.Subject
Spiritual healingHealing Religious aspects Christianity
Medicine Religious aspects Christianity
Healing Religious aspects
Medicine Religious aspects
Religion and science
Religion and Science
Christianity
Faith Healing
Language
انگلیسیIncludes bibliographical references )p. 181-302( and index.
Contents
Machine generated contents note: List of contributors; Preface; 1. Conceptual issues in spiritual healing Fraser Watts; 2. The historical Jesus and healing: Jesus' miracles in psycho-social context Justin Meggitt; 3. The theology of spiritual healing Philip Clayton; 4. Healing the spirit: mystical Judaism, religious texts and medicine Simon Dein; 5. Conceptualisations of spiritual healing: Christian and secular Charles Bourne and Fraser Watts; 6. The psychodynamics of spiritual healing and the power of mother kissing it better Bruce Kinsey; 7. Spiritual healing in the context of the human need for safeness, connectedness and warmth: a biopsychosocial approach Paul Gilbert; 8. Modeling the biomedical role of spirituality through breast cancer research Michael Boivin and Burton Webb; 9. Spirituality and health: assessing the evidence Marilyn Schlitz; 10. Relating spiritual healing and science: some critical reflections David Leech; 11. Concluding integration Fraser Watts