Authors: Dale A. Matthews, Connie Clark
ISBN-13: 9780140275759, ISBN-10: 0140275754
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Date Published: April 1999
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Drawing from the latest scientific research, as well as numerous illustrative case studies, The Faith Factor offers convincing proof that religious practices can and do enhance the healing powers of medicine. And nationally renowned physician Dale A. Matthews offers a program any patient can follow to incorporate faith into their own healing.
Dr. Matthews points out that encouraging an integration of religious beliefs and practices in medical settings can have important benefits for the entire medical communityfrom patients and doctors to national health policy makers. He shows how the national trend toward rediscovering religious values has led many patients to use prayer in conjunction with conventional treatment, and that the results have already confirmed that faith and religious practice can be valuable medicine. Finally, Dr. Matthews helps readers explore the connection between faith and medicine in their own lives through methods of prayer, community worship, and study of Scripture.
From a Georgetown medical professor.
Introduction | 1 | |
Pt. I | Science | 13 |
1 | The Faith Factor | 15 |
2 | Too Good to Be True?: A Critical Look at the Faith Factor | 35 |
3 | Healing the Body: Restoring Our Physical Selves | 60 |
4 | Healing the Mind: Finding a Lasting Peace | 83 |
5 | Healing Addictions: Regaining Our Freedom | 105 |
6 | The Quality of Life: Living Abundantly | 134 |
7 | Faith and Mortality: Transforming Death | 157 |
Pt. II | Spirituality | 175 |
8 | Developing a Spiritual Program: Seeking God in Your Life | 177 |
9 | Prayer: Conversation with God | 198 |
10 | The Riches of the Bible: A Handbook for Healing | 223 |
11 | Spiritual Community: Living Together in Love | 248 |
Pt. III | Synthesis | 267 |
12 | Medicine in the Twenty-first Century: Reconciling the Twin Traditions of Healing | 269 |
Resources | 289 | |
Notes | 295 | |
Index | 313 |