Is ‘divine healing’ in the ‘Faith Movement’ founded on the principles of healing in the Bible or based on the power of the mind?

Pretorius, S.P.

doi:10.4102/hts.v65i1.277

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“…A number of principles unite them. One principle they have in common is that entities and systems in the universe, including humans, are considered part of a unified whole that cannot be understood by the isolated examination of its separate parts (Dusek) [6]. These parts are actively interrelated, interlinked, interconnected, and dynamic.…”

Section: Principles Of Wholismmentioning

confidence: 99%

Getting to Health through Integrative Practices

Shroff

2018

OAJCAM

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Traditional medical practitioners far outnumber practitioners of allopathic medicine in most parts of the South World. They are thus, de facto, the world's most popular form of primary care. This article discusses the re-emergence of traditional/integrative 1 healthcare around the world. Within 'post'-colonial societies, traditional health knowledge has re-emerged in the context of nationalist struggles for independence and a growing interest in natural health care. As people of the South World 2 and indigenous communities become more self-reliant, interest in indigenous health practices develops. Concomitantly, as critiques of allopathic medicine's side-effects develop, interest in natural and spiritual forms of healthcare grows. Those who can access allopathic care, however, almost always choose to blend it with traditional medicine. This article critically explores the fundamental concept of and the increasing popularity of integrative healthcare practices particularly within South World societies. We touch on the reintegration of traditional and modern health knowledge and how this trend is simultaneously occurring all over the planet. While colonialism negatively impacted the work of traditional medical practitioners (Shroff) [1], in contemporary times, many people are finding answers to modern problems in ancestral practices. It is challenging to piece together bits of verbal knowledge handed from one generation to the next so gaps in knowledge inevitably exist. Regardless, knowledge evolves, and changes are made to virtually all practices as a result. As new diseases and problems arise, wholistic health care is trying to adapt to these challenges. Blending the evolved practices of integrated healthcare with modern day conceptualizations of body and mind, today's wholistic health practitioners have a much better toolkit than they had in the past. This bodes well for health promotion, disease prevention, treatment, rehabilitation and palliation of societies around the world. In blending ancient and modern healthcare knowledge forms, population health status may benefit from the transformative potential of healing properties of plants, particular foods, water, spinal manipulation, acupuncture, the deep connection between mind, body and spirit, massage therapy techniques, and the salubrious effect of a true healer. This article will explore the international, interdisciplinary, historical and contemporary manifestations of wholistic thought forms.The concept of wholism is defined in various ways. This article offers foundational understandings of this term from various parts of the world, illustrating the virtually universal, historical as well as contemporary nature of ideas such as interconnectedness, unity and oneness. Throughout human history, wholistic worldviews were dominant until the past 400 years or so when reductionist worldviews became prevalent. Currently, a revival of wholistic thought forms is taking place in many parts of the world. The purpose of this article is to sketch the landscape of whol...

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Section: Principles Of Wholismmentioning

confidence: 99%

Getting to Health through Integrative Practices

Shroff

2018

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Conceptualizing holism in international interdisciplinary critical perspective: Toward a framework for understanding holistic health

Shroff

2011

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Sickness and the Power of Healing Prayer in 2 Kings 20:1–11 and Isaiah 38:1–22

Udoekpo

2024

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2 Kings 20:1–11; Isaiah 38:1–22 and 2 Chronicles 32:24–26 discuss Hezekiah’s sickness and the power of healing prayer. They are called Hezekiah-Isaiah narratives since they deal not only with (a) the threats and salvation of Jerusalem from Assyria, (b) the disease and the miraculous recovery or healing (ḥāyâ/rāքā’) of Hezekiah and description of the representatives from Babylon, but share a common narrative pattern in which Hezekiah is healed with a poultice/lump of fig tree (dəbelet təʾnim), having received advise and healing support from God’s messenger, Isaiah. Past scholars have approached this text differently, searching for its dating, literary growths, differences, originality with the desire to reveal the history of the various traditional components and relationship among parallel texts, as well the prophetic and kingly images of Isaiah and Hezekiah. Built on this past scholarship and African cultural perspectives and experiences, this work contextually, historically and theologically study, develop and analyze the story of Hezekiah’s sickness and healing.

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Is ‘divine healing’ in the ‘Faith Movement’ founded on the principles of healing in the Bible or based on the power of the mind?

Cited by 3 publications

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Getting to Health through Integrative Practices

Getting to Health through Integrative Practices

Conceptualizing holism in international interdisciplinary critical perspective: Toward a framework for understanding holistic health

Sickness and the Power of Healing Prayer in 2 Kings 20:1–11 and Isaiah 38:1–22

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