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A Balm for Gilead - Meditations on Spirituality and the Healing Arts (Paperback)
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A Balm for Gilead - Meditations on Spirituality and the Healing Arts (Paperback)
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Once rarely discussed in medical circles, the relationship between
spirituality and health has become an important topic in health
care. This change is evidenced in courses on religion and medicine
taught in most medical schools, articles in journals such as the
"New England Journal of Medicine", and conferences being held all
over the country. Yet, much of the discussion of the role of
religion and spirituality in health care keeps the critical
distance of only being about spirituality. "A Balm for Gilead" goes
further, offering a work of spirituality. Sulmasy moves between the
poetic and the speculative, addressing his subject in the tradition
of great spiritual writers like Augustine and Bonaventure. He draws
from philosophical and theological sources - specifically, Hebrew
and Christian scripture - to illuminate how the art of healing is
integrally tied to a sense of the divine and our ultimate
interconnectedness. Health care professionals - and anyone else
involved with the care of the sick and dying - will find this
series of meditations both inspiring and instructive. Sulmasy
addresses the spiritual malaise that physicians, nurses, and other
health care workers experience in their professional lives, and
explores how these Christian healers can be inspired to persevere
in the care of the sick. Drawing on the parable of the prodigal
son, for instance, Sulmasy illustrates how some physicians have put
financial gain ahead of their patients, and how genuine
spirituality might change their hearts. He examines both enigmatic
topics such as the relationship between sinfulness, sickness, and
suffering and the spirituality of more routine topics such as
preventive medicine. In one especially stirring and poignant
meditation, he reflects on the spirituality of dying in the light
of Christian hope. "A Balm for Gilead" interweaves prayer and
reflection, pointing the way to a twenty-first-century spirituality
for health care professionals and their patients.
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