| Reclaiming the Body Contributor(s): Shuman, Joel (Author), Volck, Brian MD (Author), Cunningham, David (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1587431270 ISBN-13: 9781587431272 Publisher: Brazos Press OUR PRICE: $23.75 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2006 Annotation: We live in an age of incredible medical technology, and with it, a great emphasis on health and well-being. We fully entrust the care of our bodies to the medical profession, often taking its solutions and judgments as gospel. But what role, if any, should our Christian faith play in all this? In Reclaiming the Body, a physician and a theologian take a critical look at some of the assumptions we draw from the medical profession and explore what theology has to say about medicine, our bodies, our health, and the Body of Christ. The authors deal with such issues as suffering, caring for the sick, children and reproductive technologies, medicine and the poor, our obsession with physical perfection, and death and dying. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christian Theology - Ethics - Religion | Christian Living - General - Religion | Christian Ministry - Discipleship |
| Dewey: 261.561 |
| LCCN: 2005021597 |
| Series: Christian Practice of Everyday Life |
| Physical Information: 0.43" H x 6.3" W x 9.02" (0.64 lbs) 176 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian - Theometrics - Mainline |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: We live in an age of incredible medical technology, and with it, a great emphasis on health and well-being. We fully entrust the care of our bodies to the medical profession, often taking its solutions and judgments as gospel. But what role, if any, should our Christian faith play in all this? In Reclaiming the Body, a physician and a theologian take a critical look at some of the assumptions we draw from the medical profession and explore what theology has to say about medicine, our bodies, our health, and the Body of Christ. The authors deal with such issues as suffering, caring for the sick, children and reproductive technologies, medicine and the poor, our obsession with physical perfection, and death and dying. |
Contributor Bio(s): Volck, Brian MD: - Brian Volck, M.D., is a pediatrician and teaches at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. His has written for such publications as DoubleTake, America, and St. Anthony Messenger.Shuman, Joel: - Joel Shuman (Ph.D., Duke University) teaches moral theology at King's College in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. He is a frequent public speaker, the author of numerous articles about theology and medicine, and coauthor of Heal Thyself: Spirituality, Medicine, and the Distortion of Christianity. |