Health, healing and shalom: Frontiers and challenges for Christian health missions, by Bryant L. Myers, Erin Dufault-Hunter, Isaac B. Voss, Eds. Wm Carey Library Press. 2015

Authors

  • Cynthia Berberian Hale Member, Christian Medical Dental Associations, 1957- present; Medical Missionary in Nepal, 1970 - 1996, with United Mission to Nepal, sent by Interserve USA; Associate Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Tribhuvan University Institute of Medicine, Kathmandu, Nepal, 1990-1996; member Board of Directors, Interserve USA 2005- 2013; Loudonville Community Church, member 1954- present

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15566/cjgh.v2i2.75

Keywords:

healthcare, well-being, shalom, medical missions

Abstract

Health, Healing and Shalom, Frontiers and Challenges for Christian Health Missions seeks to redress the compartmentalization and imbalance of spiritual versus physical care which plagues many in healthcare missions.  It provides both a theological basis and practical ideas to enable healthcare missionaries to practice holistic care. Contributors have themselves practiced according to a definition of health as being a state of complete physical, mental, social and spiritual well-being, and not merely the absence of disease.  A variety of specialized areas are presented, including short-term missions, Community Health Evangelism, HIV/AIDS, the impact of trauma, and palliative care. This should be exciting reading for those who wish to minister to the whole person, as Jesus did.

 

                                                                                                           

Author Biography

Cynthia Berberian Hale, Member, Christian Medical Dental Associations, 1957- present; Medical Missionary in Nepal, 1970 - 1996, with United Mission to Nepal, sent by Interserve USA; Associate Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Tribhuvan University Institute of Medicine, Kathmandu, Nepal, 1990-1996; member Board of Directors, Interserve USA 2005- 2013; Loudonville Community Church, member 1954- present

B.A. University of Rochester, 1958

M.D. Albany Medical College, Union University, Albany, NY 1962

F.A.A.P. 1973

M.P.H. Harvard University School of Public Health, 1999

Lecturer, Associate Professor, Visiting Professor, Tribhuvan University Institute of Medicine, Kathmandu, Nepal, 1990-1996

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Published

2015-11-05

How to Cite

Hale, C. B. (2015). Health, healing and shalom: Frontiers and challenges for Christian health missions, by Bryant L. Myers, Erin Dufault-Hunter, Isaac B. Voss, Eds. Wm Carey Library Press. 2015. Christian Journal for Global Health, 2(2), 78–81. https://doi.org/10.15566/cjgh.v2i2.75

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 2 (2015): Disability, Rehabilitation and Human Value

Section

Book Reviews

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