The Healing Connection - Hardcover

Koenig, Harold George; Lewis, Gregg

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0849916224 ISBN 13: 9780849916229

Publisher: W Pub Group, 2001

Synopsis

The renowned medical researcher explores the link between Christian devotion and the healing process, focusing on the health benefits of spiritual pilgrimage to extract practical lessons for interested readers.

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About the Author:

Harold G. Koenig, MD, completed his undergraduate education at Stanford University, his medical school training at the University of California at San Francisco, and his geriatric medicine, psychiatry, and biostatistics training at Duke University Medical Center. He is board certified in general psychiatry, geriatric psychiatry and geriatric medicine, and is now on the faculty at Duke as Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and Associate Professor of Medicine. Dr. Koenig is director and founder of the Center for the Study of ReligionSpirituality and Health at that institution, and has published extensively in the fields of mental health, geriatrics, and religion, with nearly 250 peerreviewed articles and book chapters and 25 books in print or in preparation. He is editor of the International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine, a refereed medical research journal, and editorinchief of Science and Theology News, a monthly international newspaper. His research on religion, health and ethical issues in medicine has been featured on close to 50 national and international TV news programs (including all major US news networks), 80 national or international radio programs (including multiple NPR, BBC, and CBC interviews), and nearly 200 national or international newspapers or magazines (including three issues of Reader's Digest and cover stories of Newsweek and Parade magazine). Dr. Koenig has given testimony before the U.S. Senate concerning the benefits of religion and spirituality on health, and has been nominated twice for the Templeton Prize for progress in religion.

From Publishers Weekly:

Dr. Harold Koenig, founder of the Center for the Study of Religion/Spirituality and Health at Duke University Medical Center, advocates the power of spiritual healing in The Healing Connection: A World-Renowned Medical Scientist Explores the Powerful Link Between Christian Faith and Health. As the subtitle suggests, Koenig seems a bit enamored with his own prestige, and the book's first section (an autobiographical account of his own experiences as a doctor and a person struggling with a debilitating disease) succumbs too often into self-congratulatory mentions of his many achievements. However, the second and third sections offer strong opinions about Christian faith, spiritual healing and the future of the medical establishment. (Word, $21.99 212p ISBN 0-8499-1622-4; Jan.)

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About this edition

• Publisher: W Pub Group
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0849916224
• ISBN 13: 9780849916229
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 211