The Dark Side of Prayer for Healing
This paper explores the relationship between disability and pentecostal theologies and practices of healing. First, it draws on the testimony of people with a disability, describing the challenge of being the “elephant in the room”: the obviously unhealed in a social space in which supernatural heal...
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| Формат: | Электронный ресурс Статья |
| Язык: | Английский |
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Brill
2014
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Pneuma
Год: 2014, Том: 36, Выпуск: 2, Страницы: 204-225 |
| Другие ключевые слова: | B
Healing
disability
sickness
well-being
virtue
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| Итог: | This paper explores the relationship between disability and pentecostal theologies and practices of healing. First, it draws on the testimony of people with a disability, describing the challenge of being the “elephant in the room”: the obviously unhealed in a social space in which supernatural healing is understood to be connected to the gospel, a reward of faith, and a central part of a life and ministry of the church. Second, it deconstructs pentecostal theologies and practices of healing, identifying their potentially alienating effect. Finally, it proposes an alternative orientation, replacing the emphasis upon divine healing with a focus on well-being. To this end, it draws on the holistic intention of the pentecostal Full Gospel and relates this to the virtue tradition, with its concern for long-term flourishing in the midst of the hardship and fragility of life. |
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| ISSN: | 1570-0747 |
| Второстепенные работы: | In: Pneuma
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15700747-03602003 |