Bibliograph

Death and life in America, biomedicine and Biblical healing

Type

Label

Death and life in America, biomedicine and Biblical healing

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Death and life in America

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Sub title

biomedicine and Biblical healing

Summary

Family physician Raymond Downing offers a bold critique of western medicine and sees medical care as one of the fallen "principalities and powers" in need of redemption. But, Downing's hope lies beyond biomedicine-in biblical healing, especially the healing miracles of Jesus. In conversation with the Bible, Ivan Illich, William Stringfellow, Susan Sontag, and others, Downing revisits how Westerners approach medicine. He sees suffering and healing as essentially spiritual experiences at the roots of death and life

Target audience

adult

Classification