Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-203) and index.

"There has recently been much interest in the relationship between science and religion, and how they combine to give us a 'binocular' perspective on things. One important phenomenon which has been neglected in recent work is the concept of spiritual healing. This edited collection explores a variety of approaches to spiritual healing from different religious points of view, identifying both what it is and how it works. The authors also explore the biological and psychological processes, open to scientific enquiry, through which healing may be mediated. As such, this book indicates the central proposition that religious and scientific perspectives answer different questions about healing, and there is not necessarily any conflict between them"-- Provided by publisher.

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Cover13; -- Contents13; -- List of figures -- List of contributors -- Preface -- 1 Conceptual issues in spiritual healing -- 2 The historical Jesus and healing: Jesus8217; miracles in psychosocial context -- 3 The theology of spiritual healing -- 4 Healing the spirit: mystical Judaism, religious texts and medicine -- 5 Conceptualizations of spiritual healing: Christian and secular -- 6 The psychodynamics of spiritual healing and the power of mother kissing it better -- 7 Spiritual healing in the context of the human need for safeness, connectedness and warmth: a biopsychosocial approach -- 8 Modelling the biomedical role of spirituality through breast cancer research -- 9 Spirituality and health: assessing the evidence -- 10 Relating spiritual healing and science: some critical reflections -- 11 Concluding integration.

English.