Heal thyself spirituality, medicine, and the distortion of Christianity
Heal Thyself argues that our popular culture's fascination with the health benefits of religion reflects not the renaissance of the world's great religious traditions but the powerful combination of pervasive consumer capitalism and a deeply self-interested individualism. A faith-for-healt...
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| Idioma: | Undetermined English |
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Oxford,New York
Oxford University Press
2003
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| Thư viện lưu trữ: | Trung tâm Học liệu Trường Đại học Trà Vinh |
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| Sumari: | Heal Thyself argues that our popular culture's fascination with the health benefits of religion reflects not the renaissance of the world's great religious traditions but the powerful combination of pervasive consumer capitalism and a deeply self-interested individualism. A faith-for-health exchange, say the authors, serves to misrepresent and devalue the true meaning of faith. Such a utilitarian approach renders the content of faith superfluous, allowing a generic, highly personalized description of faith to take the place of a specific, confessional commitment to what one believes and does as a member of a community of faith. "From the Christian viewpoint, the religion and health movement is dangerously deficient. Christians do not believe in the self-revelation of God in Jesus Christ in order to be healthy. For Christians, learning to be religious does not mean enlisting faith as a vehicle to get what we want, but rather learning by faith to want the right things at the right time and to live with a spirit of gratitude and hope."--Jacket |
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| Descripció física: | xiii, 174 p. 22 cm |
| Bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-167) and index |
| ISBN: | 019515469X 9780195154696 |