(Pp. 210. $2.75.). Boston, Mass.: House of Edinboro. 1953. THIS is a crusading novel by a former U.S. Army engineer and is concerned with a problem perhaps not so important here as in the United States, but one which the reviewer has encountered once. Laid in a technical college in Pasadena in 1930, it is concerned with a description of what happens when a self-appointed minister counsels again...

recent studies demonstrate an overlapping relationship between faith practices of individuals, family functioning, and the corporate faith of congregations. this study reports on the psychometric properties of the Christian faith Practices Scale (CfPS), which was created to empirically measure dykstra’s faith behaviors or “practices.” analysis of a large purposive sample (n=7,403) indicates ini...

The proceedings are divided into four sections. The first and largest section comprises papers concerned with disease in the Bible. The topics covered are wide ranging and include military medicine, obstetrics, and the nose and its disorders, as witnessed in the Bible. The second section is devoted to biblical psychology and the soul, and so inevitably strikes a philosophical chord. Miracles an...

humane treatment, that will leave readers so disheartened. Optimism and conviction give way to despair and backtracking. Private madhouses, once excoriated by the public asylum "masters", are eventually but grudgingly endorsed. Medical treatments, avowedly eschewed in favour of moral treatment, are similarly embraced in time. The authors' cautionary tale of unbridled faith in institutionalizati...

(Pp. 210. $2.75.). Boston, Mass.: House of Edinboro. 1953. THIS is a crusading novel by a former U.S. Army engineer and is concerned with a problem perhaps not so important here as in the United States, but one which the reviewer has encountered once. Laid in a technical college in Pasadena in 1930, it is concerned with a description of what happens when a self-appointed minister counsels again...

There are various ways to teach people be able hope and rely on God. Behold, LORD, who among the gods is like you? Who you, wonderful in holiness? can work miracles mighty acts yours? This article argues that song of Moses teaches faith lesson. The miracle God brings healing comfort. Therefore, God’s deliverance should encourage trust Lord more their difficulties. 

Driven by a philosophy that favors unbridled faith in the free marketplace, the year 2003 may well go down in health care history as the year that the health care system officially abandoned the premise that the community has a responsibility to care for each member, replacing it with the philosophy that individuals should each look after themselves. The most visible change that nudges the syst...

WHAT IS PSYCHOTHERAPY ? "Psychotherapy is the t rea tment , by psychological means, of problems of an emotional nature in which a trained person deliberately establishes a professional relationship with the patient with the object (1) of removing, modifying or re tarding existing symptoms, (2) of mediat ing disturbed patterns of behaviour, and (3) of promoting positive personality growth and de...

BACKGROUND Cervical cancer is a very common disease among women in Ghana and in the world as a whole. However, there is a dearth of information on the mechanisms cervical cancer patients adopt to cope with the condition in Ghana. This study sought to explore the strategies adopted by cervical cancer patients in rural Ghana to cope with the disease. METHODS In-depth interviews were conducted t...

With the emergence of modern quest for historical Jesus, theologians began increasingly questioning traditional views Jesus as a healer human bodies. While growing suspicion Jesus’s role literal body is commonly traced to influence Enlightenment, in this essay, I will suggest that roots theological marginalization run deeper, sixteenth-century Protestant Reformations, when supernatural did not ...