Good Is The Flesh

by Denton, Jean

• ISBN13: 9780819221315
• ISBN10: 0819221317
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-03-01
• Publisher: Morehouse Pub Co

Summary

A collection of articles and essays providing background, theology, and nuts-and-bolts on parish health ministry from a Christian perspective.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vii
Foreword, James C. Fenhagen II	ix
Introduction	xi
1. Theological Roots of Health Ministry	1	(22)
Doing Body Theology, James B. Nelson	2	(7)
The Crucified Jesus-The Bodily Jesus, Elisabeth Moltmann-Wendel	9	(4)
Searching for the Roots of Healing, Linda L. Smith	13	(9)
For Personal Reflection	22	(1)
For Group Discussion	22	(1)
2. Our Relationship with Our Bodies	23	(21)
Reconciling and Celebrating with Our Bodies, Flora Slosson Wuellner	24	(5)
Touching and Being Touched, Elisabeth Moltmann-Wendel	29	(4)
The Idolatry of Health and the Idolatry of Life, Margaret E. Mohrmann	33	(9)
For Personal Reflection	42	(1)
For Group Discussion	43	(1)
3. Christian Spirituality and Well-Being	44	(21)
The Presence of God and the Life of the Body, Marilyn Chandler McEntyre	45	(4)
Physical Health: Our Bodies, Our Temples, Cheryl A. Kirk-Duggan	49	(9)
Soul Food and Spiritual Formation, Bruce G. Epperly	58	(6)
For Personal Reflection	64	(1)
For Group Discussion	64	(1)
4. Christian Spirituality and Illness	65	(30)
Relating to Our Bodies in Illness and Disability, Flora Slosson Wuellner	66	(8)
Lectio, Mary C. Earle	74	(9)
Suffering, Spirituality, and Health Care, Daniel P. Sulmasy	83	(10)
For Personal Reflection	93	(1)
For Group Discussion	93	(2)
5. Health Care and Justice	95	(34)
Fact or Fiction: What Do You Really Know about U.S. Health Care Today?, Universal Health Care Action Network	97	(2)
Health Care in Crisis, Abigail Rian Evans	99	(14)
Denominations Speak Out about Appropriate Health Care	113	(15)
For Personal Reflection	128	(1)
For Group Discussion	128	(1)
6. Health Ministry and the Parish	129	(25)
Common Questions about Health Parish Ministry, Jean Denton	130	(9)
Dialogue with Your Body about Illness and Health, Thomas A. Droege	139	(4)
A Day in the Life of a Parish Nurse, Jean Denton	143	(4)
Congregational Practices Heal Us from Disease, Brita L. Gill-Austern	147	(6)
For Personal Reflection	153	(1)
For Group Discussion	153	(1)
Appendix	154	(6)
Permissions	160