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Pursuing Health in an Anxious Age
 9781433551109

Table of contents :
Foreword by Andy Crouch

Preface

Introduction: What Is Health For?

Taking Control of Health: The Need to Feel Invulnerable
The Desire for Certainty in an Uncertain World
As It Was in the Beginning
Disembodiment in Health Care, Part 1: The Clinical Gaze
Disembodiment in Health Care, Part 2: The Statistical Gaze
The Gaze of the Gospel The Greatest Fear
In the Shadow of Death
Death Defanged and Defeated
Just Community: Is There Enough?
The Cooperation of Faith and Medicine: The Hope for Salvation in the Midst of Pursuing Health
Conclusion: The Recovery of Wonder

Notes

General Index

Scripture Index

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