Shalom & eirene: The full framework for health care

Authors

  • Apolos Landa Regional Coordinator for South America of the Luke Society

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15566/cjgh.v1i1.24

Keywords:

shalom, holism, healing, theology, peace, eirene

Abstract

Our present world and society longs for meaning and wholeness. A major contributor to this state is the dualistic worldview legacy of modern Western culture. Rich and poor-- male and female-- white and black are asked at every corner to choose between different dimensions of human life as if the lines of these dimensions did not intersect at one point: the person.

Author Biography

Apolos Landa, Regional Coordinator for South America of the Luke Society

Regional Coordinator for South America of the Luke Society

 

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Published

2014-06-19

How to Cite

Landa, A. (2014). Shalom & eirene: The full framework for health care. Christian Journal for Global Health, 1(1). https://doi.org/10.15566/cjgh.v1i1.24