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Gift or a Given?: A Theology of Healing for the 21st Century Kindle Edition

by John P. Atkinson (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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Most books on the topic of spiritual healing focus on practical aspects of services and liturgies and on testimonies of miraculous cures. Starting from an acceptance of the reality of healing in personal experience the author attempts to unpack the theological implications of what he has seen and done. He comes to the conclusion that the usual focus of the church on healing as a charismatic gift from an interventionist God is a distraction from the presence of healing throughout the natural world and human life. He sees healing as a perspective, which can also be extended to inter-faith dialogue and the world of politics and the environment. Finally, he provides a practical example of how such a perspective can be applied in the life of the worshipping community.
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B008H3U0YI
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Circle Books (June 29, 2012)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 29, 2012
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 551 KB
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  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 121 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
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Svetlana
4.0 out of 5 stars A Healing Work
Reviewed in the United States on October 6, 2012
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The author offers lots to ponder and think on in these pages. While reading I often sensed the author's voice which brought particular passages to life. With the various theological excursions, anecdotes and examples from parish settings, there were several points of entry and re-entry into the heart of the book: are the healings we witness a gift from God that is an exception to the order of things in the cosmos? Or are the healings we witness a part of God's healing activity in the cosmos? I won't give a spoiler alert, so you'll have to find out on your own.
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Joseph Byrd
5.0 out of 5 stars Healing demystified
Reviewed in the United States on July 7, 2012
Atkinson's serviceable prose and clarity of style make for a volume of well-timed wisdom on the often nebulous stuffs of hands-on healing. Drawing from years of personal experience, I've found this book to be something of a boon to my students: it walks a middle way, neither claiming too much nor too little within the realms of what it is possible to experience when approaching such a hot-button topic as healing, healing practices with the church, and the care-giving required throughout. Good attention is paid to both those receiving healing and to those involved in the sharing of this ministry. Theological soundness is countered happily by plenty of pragmatic counsel and narrative.
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Reverend James Dobson
5.0 out of 5 stars A good read
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 23, 2013
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A thought provoking description of heeling.

It is not part of my experience of ministry, so I found the book challenging, which is a good thing and will make me look again at what is happening.
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alison m s pask
5.0 out of 5 stars Für heute und für morgen
Reviewed in Germany on July 27, 2012
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Ich liebe Alterswerke, sie strahlen eine besondere Souveränität, spirituelle Freiheit aus! John Atkinson bleibt zwar noch ein paar Jahre in Amt und Würde aber dieses Buch läßt den Leser/die Leserin an einem ganzen Leben voller Erfahrungen teilhaben: ein Leben, das sich mit Heil, Heilung und Heiland beschäftigt und gefüllt hat. Er behauptet nicht so viel Theologie gelesen zu haben, erwähnt aber allerlei tiefschürfende Autoren, die vor ihm da waren; damit gewinnt er Vertrauen. Gleichzeitig berichtet er gefühlsmäßig ausschließlich aus selbst erfahrenen Weisheiten, was genau so viel Überzeugung rübergibt. . Weisheiten? Er weiß überhaupt nicht alle Antworten und gibt dies freimütig zu. Aber einen konkreten Vorschlag hat er, wie es mit der Welt oder einem Teil der Welt weiter gehen könnte.

Wie schon der Umschlag verrät, geht es im ganzen Buch ' 90 Seiten schlank aber gewichtig an Inhalt ' um das Geben und Empfangen von Heilung, und dieses im Gesamtzusammenhang mit der Schöpfung der Menschheit, mit dem Menschen selbst. Wie die von ihm erwähnte Nobel Lady, Aung san Suu Kyi, belegt er viel Aspekte seiner Meinung mit biblischen bzw christlichen Inhalten teilt aber im Buch etwas mit, was Anhänger aller Religionen und auch keiner sowohl intellektuell wie im Herzen anspricht.

Ein Buch für heute und morgen.
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Ang
3.0 out of 5 stars Three Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 20, 2017
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No different to a lot I have read
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