Jesus as healer : a gospel for the body /

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:Henriksen, Jan-Olav, author.
Imprint:Grand Rapids, Michigan : Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2016.
Description:x, 273 pages ; 23 cm
Language:English
Subject:
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10893784
Hidden Bibliographic Details
ISBN:9780802873316 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0802873316 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 254-263) and index.
Summary: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.