Prayer, Faith, and Healing: Cure Your Body, Heal Your Mind and Restore Your Soul - Hardcover

Kenneth Winston Caine; Brian Paul Kaufman; Bernie S. Siegel

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1579540066 ISBN 13: 9781579540067

Publisher: Rodale Books, 1999

Synopsis

Prayer, Faith, and Healing

When you're physically sick, when you're emotionally ill, your first thought usually is to turn to a doctor, take a pill, let modern medicine make it all go away. But as a growing body of scientific evidence shows, the best cure may lie in prayer, faith, and your relationship with God.

Yes, prayer and faith can heal. They're good for your health, for your outlook, and for your overall physical and mental well-being. More than 200 studies prove it.

But how do you tap into this amazing well of spiritual energy?

The answers lie in this book.

Drawing on the wisdom of more than 160 of America's top religious leaders, counselors, doctors, and scientists, Prayer, Faith, and Healing explains how you can use the dynamic forces of faith and prayer to change yourself forever. It teaches you nearly 30 ways to expand your prayer life. It shows you how to be happier and have more loving relationships. Most of all, it explains exactly how you can use the power of belief to solve more than 50 of the toughest emotional and physical problems you'll ever encounter.

Whether you're experienceing loneliness, grief, fatigue, or fear; whether you're facing surgery or coping with a serious illness; whether you're beset with financial problems, divorce, weight problems, or more, this book will show you how to deal with it.

There are more than 500 tips in all, and each one is precise, positive, and practical.

No other book has ever brought together so much wisdom from so many spiritual experts. And no other book has ever offered such useful, quick-to-apply spiritual tips for the challenges you'll face.

Prayer, Faith, and Healing will reaffirm your faith if you already believe. It will start you on a path to belief if you have doubts. And it will show you how to integrate faith and science, prayer and counseling, spirituality and health to handle whatever challenge you face.

Tap the power of prayer and faith . . .
. . . to heal whatever ails you

Prayer and faith can be potent cures for a whole host of emotional and physical problems. Hundreds of scientific studies prove it! But how do you access this hidden strength? Prayer, Faith, and Healing will show you.

Advice from more than 160 of America's top religious leaders, counselors, doctors, and scientists

More than 500 tips for handling anger, addiction, depression, divorce, grief, stress, infidelity, financial problems, and over 40 other conditions

Plus, nearly 30 ways to build a more meaningful prayer life

About this title

About the Author

A health science writer, Kenneth Winston Caine lives in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and holds four religious degrees. He has directed a chartered Quaker ministry since 1969 and also is a registered naturopathic doctor.

Brian Paul Kaufman lives in Vera Cruz, Pennsylvania, and is the writing director for Rodale Books. In addition to his duties at Rodale, he is studying at Biblical Theological Seminary in Hatfield, Pennsylvania.

From the Back Cover

Tap the power of prayer and faith . . .
. . . to heal whatever ails you

Prayer and faith can be potent cures for a whole host of emotional and physical problems. Hundreds of scientific studies prove it! But how do you access this hidden strength? Prayer, Faith, and Healing will show you.

Advice from more than 160 of America's top religious leaders, counselors, doctors, and scientists

More than 500 tips for handling anger, addiction, depression, divorce, grief, stress, infidelity, financial problems, and over 40 other conditions

Plus, nearly 30 ways to build a more meaningful prayer life

"As I read Prayer, Faith, and Healing, tears of joy came to my eyes. This is indeed a guide book to a way of life that is filled with peace, faith, and healing resources. Read this book and, as T.S. Elliot wrote, 'the darkness will be the light and the stillness the dancing.'"--Bernie Siegel, M.D., best-selling author of Love, Medicine, and Miracles and Prescriptions for Living

"Prayer, Faith, and Healing is filled with powerful insights that link God's wisdom with your daily life. Reading this book is a big step toward good health, positive relationships, and a deeper kowledge of God."--Ray Pritchard, doctor of ministry, senior pastor of Calvary Memorial Church, Oak Park, Illinois, and author of What a Christian Believes

"For the layperson, this is the most extensive, authoritative, and challenging research concerning prayer, faith, and healing that I've seen in a long time. This book is essential for one's continued spiritual and personal growth and well-being."--The Reverend Paul F. Everett, a Presbyterian minister at large with the Peale Center, Pawling, New York, and executive director emeritus of the Pittsburgh Experiment

From the Inside Flap

Prayer, Faith, and Healing

When you're physically sick, when you're emotionally ill, your first thought usually is to turn to a doctor, take a pill, let modern medicine make it all go away. But as a growing body of scientific evidence shows, the best cure may lie in prayer, faith, and your relationship with God.

Yes, prayer and faith can heal. They're good for your health, for your outlook, and for your overall physical and mental well-being. More than 200 studies prove it.

But how do you tap into this amazing well of spiritual energy?

The answers lie in this book.

Drawing on the wisdom of more than 160 of America's top religious leaders, counselors, doctors, and scientists, Prayer, Faith, and Healing explains how you can use the dynamic forces of faith and prayer to change yourself forever. It teaches you nearly 30 ways to expand your prayer life. It shows you how to be happier and have more loving relationships. Most of all, it explains exactly how you can use the power of belief to solve more than 50 of the toughest emotional and physical problems you'll ever encounter.

Whether you're experienceing loneliness, grief, fatigue, or fear; whether you're facing surgery or coping with a serious illness; whether you're beset with financial problems, divorce, weight problems, or more, this book will show you how to deal with it.

There are more than 500 tips in all, and each one is precise, positive, and practical.

No other book has ever brought together so much wisdom from so many spiritual experts. And no other book has ever offered such useful, quick-to-apply spiritual tips for the challenges you'll face.

Prayer, Faith, and Healing will reaffirm your faith if you already believe. It will start you on a path to belief if you have doubts. And it will show you how to integrate faith and science, prayer and counseling, spirituality and health to handle whatever challenge you face.

About the Authors

A health science writer, Kenneth Winston Caine lives in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and holds four religious degrees. He has directed a chartered Quaker ministry since 1969 and also is a registered naturopathic doctor.

Brian Paul Kaufman lives in Vera Cruz, Pennsylvania, and is the writing director for Rodale Books. In addition to his duties at Rodale, he is studying at Biblical Theological Seminary in Hatfield, Pennsylvania.

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Prayer, Faith, and Healing

When you're physically sick, when you're emotionally ill, your first thought usually is to turn to a doctor, take a pill, let modern medicine make it all go away. But as a growing body of scientific evidence shows, the best cure may lie in prayer, faith, and your relationship with God.

Yes, prayer and faith can heal. They're good for your health, for your outlook, and for your overall physical and mental well-being. More than 200 studies prove it.

But how do you tap into this amazing well of spiritual energy?

The answers lie in this book.

Drawing on the wisdom of more than 160 of America's top religious leaders, counselors, doctors, and scientists,Prayer, Faith, and Healing explains how you can use the dynamic forces of faith and prayer to change yourself forever. It teaches you nearly 30 ways to expand your prayer life. It shows you how to be happier and have more loving relationships. Most of all, it explains exactly how you can use the power of belief to solve more than 50 of the toughest emotional and physical problems you'll ever encounter.

Whether you're experienceing loneliness, grief, fatigue, or fear; whether you're facing surgery or coping with a serious illness; whether you're beset with financial problems, divorce, weight problems, or more, this book will show you how to deal with it.

There are more than 500 tips in all, and each one is precise, positive, and practical.

No other book has ever brought together so much wisdom from so many spiritual experts. And no other book has ever offered such useful, quick-to-apply spiritual tips for the challenges you'll face.

Prayer, Faith, and Healing will reaffirm your faith if you already believe. It will start you on a path to belief if you have doubts. And it will show you how to integrate faith and science, prayer and counseling, spirituality and health to handle whatever challenge you face.

About the Authors

A health science writer, Kenneth Winston Caine lives in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and holds four religious degrees. He has directed a chartered Quaker ministry since 1969 and also is a registered naturopathic doctor.

Brian Paul Kaufman lives in Vera Cruz, Pennsylvania, and is the writing director for Rodale Books. In addition to his duties at Rodale, he is studying at Biblical Theological Seminary in Hatfield, Pennsylvania.

Reviews

Competently combining traditional Christian philosophy and prayer styles with common sense self-help, this work shows how to use prayer to cure, alleviate or prevent the blows of daily life. The authors add little new information or methods to the canon of psychotherapy, but gently remind readers that they can easily take small steps toward caring about themselves and others. In several very brief chapters, this book could work well as a resource for daily affirmations for people who are facing medical or personal crises. Medical ethicists and researchers have been looking into the impact of prayer on recovery from illness or injuries. Some of those studies have indicated that prayer can have a positive effect on a patient's recovery. Authors Caine and Kaufman use the results to inspire readers to pray, rather than educate them about how prayer works. They give clear instructions on the mechanics of prayer, and illustrate their points with passages from the Bible and other Christian writings. The final section of the book, "Prayer Prescriptions," gives a heavily Christian perspective on dealing with subjects ranging from abuse to financial difficulties to weight loss. Prayer, Faith and Healing focuses on empowerment of Christians in crisis, and succeeds in reaching that modest goal. (June)
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Prayer can achieve miracles, and Caine and Kaufman tell how to find and take paths to such meaningful prayer, describing the steps and citing encouraging examplars. A major portion of this thick book is occupied by "Prayer Prescriptions," designed for specific spiritual and psychological difficulties and a few medical conditions. Primary emphasis is on spiritual and psychological woes, however, so that, for example, the section on pain deals only with the soul and the mind, not with physical pain, which can be a devastating medical problem. Those seeking an optimistic view of life and its difficulties will be well pleased with the book. Do you or a family member have a terminal illness? Then look on the bright side. Have you or a family member suffered a catastrophic event? Then take heart in the pastoral assertion "God is still in control." No hard references concerning prayer's efficacy are cited, but popular prayer-boosting authors Larry Dossey, Robert Benson, and John Koenig often are. William Beatty

Edition details

• Publisher: Rodale Books
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1579540066
• ISBN 13: 9781579540067
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 527