James W Ellor (Baylor University)

Health Through Faith and Community

A Study Resource for Christian Faith Communities to Promote Personal and Social Well-Being

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Produktbeschreibung

Encourages Christian congregations to enhance the well-being of individual church members as well as society as a whole. Presented as eight study sessions, this notebook-size guide includes insights and learning activities from an ecumenical Christian perspective about the physical, mental, social, and environmental aspects of health.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Inc
• Seitenzahl: 230
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. September 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 218mm x 279mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 578g
• ISBN-13: 9780789028976
• ISBN-10: 0789028972
• Artikelnr.: 21785677

Autorenporträt

Ellor, James W

Inhaltsangabe

* Acknowledgments
* About the Authors
* About the Study Guide
* Study Guide Purpose and Objectives
* Design and Format
* Session 1. A Holistic Christian Vision of Health Through Faith and
Community
* Activity 1: Setting Intention Through Welcome and Prayer
* Activity 2: Overview of the Study Guide
* Activity 3: Commitment to Mutual Respect and Dialogue
* Activity 4: Participants' Views on Faith and Health
* Activity 5: Preliminary Definitions Regarding Faith and Health
* Summing Up
* Supplemental Activity A: Exploring Personal Definitions of
Spirituality and Health
* Supplemental Activity B: The Healing Ministry of Jesus
* Supplemental Activity C: A Story of Health Through Faith
* Supplemental Activity D: Envisioning Your Ideal of Well-Being
* Session 2. Faith and Physical Health
* Activity 1: Setting Intention Through Welcome and Prayer
* Activity 2: Finding Meaning Through Suffering
* Activity 3: Prayerful Physical Activity
* Activity 4: The Connection Between Religious Participation and
Physical Health
* Summing Up
* Supplemental Activity A: Prayer and Healing
* Supplemental Activity B: Ceremony and Healing
* Supplemental Activity C: Meaning Through Suffering
* Session 3. Faith and Mental Health
* Activity 1: Setting Intention Through Welcome and Prayer
* Activity 2: The Connection Between Religious Participation and Mental
Health: Examining the Scientific Evidence
* Activity 3: Wisdom and the Book of Proverbs
* Activity 4: The Symbolism of the Cross and Recovery from Addictions
and Mental Illness
* Summing Up
* Supplemental Activity A: Suffering, Faith, and Hope: The Example of
Job
* Supplemental Activity B: Mental Health and the Serenity Prayer
* Supplemental Activity C: Congregational Supports for Coping with
Severe Mental Illness
* Session 4. Faith and Spiritual Health
* Activity 1: Setting Intention Through Welcome and Prayer
* Activity 2: Stages of Faith Development
* Activity 3: Reasons for Prayer
* Activity 4: Spirituality Survey
* Summing Up
* Supplemental Activity A: Christian Devotion and Imitation of Christ
* Supplemental Activity B: Centering Prayer
* Session 5. Faith and the Well-Being of the Church Community
* Activity 1: Setting Intention Through Welcome and Prayer
* Activity 2: Interpersonal Relationships Within the Church
* Activity 3: Leadership
* Activity 4: Congregational Role Structures
* Summing Up
* Supplemental Activity A: Social Health in the Christian Community:
Parish Nursing
* Supplemental Activity B: Koinonia: Building Community and Fellowship
* Session 6. Faith and the Well-Being of Society
* Activity 1: Setting Intention Through Welcome and Prayer
* Preface to Session 6 Activities 2, 3, and 4: Social Determinants of
Health
* Activity 2: Everyday Activities That Lead to Societal Well-Being
* Activity 3: Faith-Based Community Organizing
* Activity 4: National Religious Organizations and Social Justice
* Summing Up
* Supplemental Activity A: Social Health and the Christian Community:
An Example from Habitat for Humanity
* Supplemental Activity B: Biblical Verse Activity on Community
Organizing
* Session 7. Faith and Global Well-Being
* Activity 1: Setting Intention Through Welcome and Prayer
* Activity 2: Faith and Moral Responsibility
* Activity 3: For I was hungry and you gave me food: Christian
Responses to Global Poverty and Hunger
* Activity 4: Environmental Stewardship: The Example of Noah
* Summing Up
* Supplemental Activity A: Faith and the