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Re-visioning the Mission of Health

A Global Invitation to Heal and Thrive in Crisis

Series: Theology and Mission in World Christianity, Volume: 39

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Preliminary Material

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Introduction: Re-visioning the Mission of Health—a Global Invitation to Heal and Thrive in Crisis

Part 1 Christian Healing in History

Chapter 1 Global Christian Approaches to Healthcare in Late Antique and Medieval Periods

Chapter 2 Historical Foundations of Christian Medical Missions

Chapter 3 A Gospel of Healing: Remembering in Order to Recover

Part 2 Mission Theology of Health

Chapter 4 Mission as Participation in God’s Homemaking: Towards a World without Mourning, Crying, or Pain

Chapter 5 Transcending Medicine: an Applied Theology Regarding Disease and Global Health

Chapter 6 Africans’ Perspectives on the Role of the Church in Health and Healing

Chapter 7 Embracing Public Health: an Expression of Healing and Sacrifice

Chapter 8 Just and Inclusive Communities: Living Spirituality for the “Healing of Nations”

Part 3 Ministries of Healing and Thriving

Chapter 9 DiscipleShift: Missio Dei as an Invitation to Thrive from Theological and Psychological Perspectives

Chapter 10 Black Women Flourishing: the Making of a Model

Chapter 11 Ministries of Health and Human Flourishing

Chapter 12 Trauma, Resilience, and Task-Shifting: Leveraging the Wealth of the Church for Healing

Chapter 13 Re-centering Ethnomedicinal Healing: Africa’s Sacramental View of Diseases and Health as Having Pedagogical Value for Biomedical Practice

Epilogue: Flourishing Life in Health and Sickness—Jesus’ Compassionate Healing Ministry for the Fractured World of the Third Millennium

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