Health, healing and the church's mission : biblical perspectives and moral priorities / Willard M. Swartley.

Downers Grove, Illinois : IVP Academic, an imprint of InterVarsity Press, [2012]

268 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 242-257) and indexes.

Healing -- Seven theses: from scripture to today -- Healing in the Old Testament -- Healing in the New Testament and the church's practice -- Biblical and theological analysis of healing -- Church as healing community -- Health care: biblical, moral, and theological perspectives -- Health and health care in Biblical-theological perspective -- Biblical and theological (Anabaptist) foundations of health care through mutual aid -- Health care in Christian history and mission -- Disability, God's two hands of love: internal care, external witness -- Towards new paradigms -- Health care reform: evaluation and prospects -- From high-tech and triage to shalom and service -- Living toward sustainable health care -- Mennonites, Brethren and related groups in health care -- Center for Healing and Hope: its mission and contribution.