Jesus as Healer: A Gospel for the Body

Jesus as Healer: A Gospel for the Body
ISBN-10
1467445266
ISBN-13
9781467445269
Category
Religion
Pages
283
Language
English
Published
2016-05-11
Publisher
Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Authors
Jan-Olav Henriksen, Karl Olav Sandnes

Description

Healings and miracles play a prominent role in the New Testament accounts of Jesus’ life and ministry. In the Western Christian tradition, however, Jesus’ works of healing tend to be downplayed and understood as little more than a demonstration of his divine power. In this book Jan-Olav Henriksen and Karl Olav Sandnes draw on both contemporary systematic theology and New Testament scholarship to challenge and investigate the reasons for that oversight. They constructively consider what it can mean for Christian theology today to understand Jesus as a healer, to embrace fully the embodied character of the Christian faith, and to recognize the many ways in which God can still be seen to have a healing presence in the world.

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