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Healing touch and saving word : sacraments of healing, instruments of grace / Linda M. Malia ; [foreword by R. William Franklin].
- Title
- Healing touch and saving word : sacraments of healing, instruments of grace / Linda M. Malia ; [foreword by R. William Franklin].
- Author
- Malia, Linda M. (Linda Merle)
- Publication
- Eugene, Oregon : Pickwick Publications, [2013]
- ©2013
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| Text | Request in advance | BX2035.6.A553 M35 2013 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xx, 256 pages; 23 cm
- Summary
- "Is sacramental anointing the same as last rites?" "Don't you have to have some kind of special gift to be part of the Church's healing ministry?" "Why am I sick? Is it God's punishment?" "Ever since I became sick, I don't feel like myself anymore." If life is a journey, what happens when our way is obstructed by sickness or failing health? In Healing Touch and Saving Word, Linda Malia draws upon the rich theology of the Anglican tradition personified in the Episcopal Church's sacramental liturgies of healing. In easy-to-understand language, Healing Touch examines the theological foundations of the Episcopal Church's healing liturgies, from the first Book of Common Prayer to the most recent sacramental rites. Probing the dynamics of symbol and ritual, the complex relationship of sin and sickness, and the spiritual and psychological impact of every serious illness, the book explores the power of these graced encounters in enabling the faithful to draw new hope and renewed purpose out of the chaos and turmoil of illness and debility. Individuals struggling with life-changing illness and those who care for them--clergy and laity alike--are sure to find Healing Touch a helpful and thought-provoking resource.
- Subject
- Episcopal Church > Liturgy > History
- Episcopal Church
- Extreme unction
- Healing > Religious aspects > Episcopal Church
- Sacraments > Anglican Communion
- Spiritual healing
- Faith Healing
- Therapeutic Touch
- Protestantism > psychology
- Spiritual Therapies
- Extrême-onction
- Guérison > Aspect religieux > Episcopal Church
- Sacrements > Communion anglicane
- Guérison par la foi
- extreme unction
- Liturgics
- Genre/Form
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-256).
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Defining sacraments -- The old school and new school models of sacraments -- From 1549 visitation office to a public service of healing -- The work of reviewing and reenvisioning our rites -- Conclusions.
- ISBN
- 9781620320075
- 162032007X
- LCCN
- 2013454136
- OCLC
- 859447957
- SCSB-12491048
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library