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Rituals Of Care: A Look At The Church's Ministry With The Sick, Lizette Larson-Miller
Rituals Of Care: A Look At The Church's Ministry With The Sick, Lizette Larson-Miller
Institute of Liturgical Studies Occasional Papers
(excerpt) "I had an interesting experience last month writing an article on Christian healing for a journal of medicine. The parameters of the requested article were a bit vague, and as I prodded the editor with questions I realized just how much I was in un-chartered territory. The familiar concepts (or, more to the point) the familiar assumptions that are part of an insider conversation theologically and ecclesiologically were missing, and I found myself having to carefully spell out the focus of what I thought might be helpful to discuss in a journal read solely by health professionals. The experience …