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

Caine, Kenneth Winston; Kaufman, Brian Paul

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1579542654 ISBN 13: 9781579542658

Publisher: Rodale Books, 2000

Synopsis

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 by Kenneth Winston Caine and Brian Paul Kaufman 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

The most complete, most compelling advice ever gathered on how to heal yourself with prayer.

About this title

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.

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. Eliot 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 knowledge 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

The most complete, most compelling advice ever gathered on how to heal yourself with prayer.

About this edition

• Publisher: Rodale Books
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 1579542654
• ISBN 13: 9781579542658
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 544