Health, Healing and the Church's Mission: Biblical Perspectives and Moral Priorities

by Willard M. Swartley

Does the Christian community have the resources to develop a coherent response to health care challenges today?Accounting for biblical, theological and church-historical streams, Willard Swartley divulges a long tradition of healing and health care inherited by Christians today. Beginning with in-depth studies of Old and New Testament understandings of healing, the book surveys three millennia of biblical and theological teaching and practice in congregational...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0830839747
• ISBN13: 9780830839742
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: IVP Academic
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.9"