Health, Healing, and Shalom: Frontiers and Challenges for Christian Healthcare Missions

by Bryant L. Myers, Erin Elizabeth Dufault-Hunter, Isaac Voss

Book Overview

Ever since Jesus's proclamation in word and deed as the Great Physician, his followers in mission have assumed that salvation and health are intertwined. Yet for every age, Christians need to examine how they can best announce the gospel message of God's healing in word and deed in their own context. In our era, we are often simultaneously grateful for modern medicine and frustrated by its inability to care for the whole person in effective, affordable...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0878085408
• ISBN13: 9780878085408
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: William Carey Publishing
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.4"