Epidemiology and Adolescent Diabetes & Obesity: Biblical Foundations

Author Chris Blake combines timeless wisdom with the latest wellness research, and the Bible comes alive. Along with fascinating stories, each chapter offers generous space for personal reflection. Readers connect to God through CREATION Health's eight life-enhancing principles: Choice, Rest, Environment, Activity, Trust, Interpersonal Relationships, Outlook, [and] Nutrition. With CREATION Health Bible Program, you'll discover that exploring the Bible can be fresh, practical, captivating - and healthy."--Back cover.

"How are we to read and understand stories of Jesus healing the lame, deaf, blind, and those with a variety of other maladies? Pilch takes us beyond the historical and literary questions to examine the social questions of how the earliest followers of Jesus and ancient Judeans understood healing, what roles healers played, and the different emphases on healing among the gospels. In his comparative analysis, the author draws on the anthropology of the Mediterranean as well as the models employed by medical anthropologists to understand peasant societies and their health-care systems". -- from Book

Introduction : At the heart of healing / Bill (K.W.M.) Fulford, Alastair V. Campbell, John Cox -- pt. I: Medicine of the person, Paul Tournier's vision. The man and his message / Hans-Rudolf Pfeifer and John Cox -- Retaining the person in medical science / Bernard Rüedi -- The Bible and medical practice / John Clark -- The value of values : Do they go deep enough? / Martin Conway -- pt. 2: Faith traditions and the medicine of the person. The Christian tradition of spiritual direction as a sketch for a strong theology of diversity / Robert Atwell and Bill (K.W.M.) Fulford -- Personhood in health care : Jewish approaches / Claire Hilton and Michael Hilton -- The individual versus the family : an Islamic and traditional societies perspective / Ahmed Okasha -- Hindu and Ayurvedic understandings of the person / Dinesh Bhugra -- pt. 3: Medicine of the person in contemporary practice. Spirituality and mental health : practical proposals for action / Peter Gilbert -- Beyond the solitude for two : justice, theology, and general practice / Thierry Collaud -- Spirituality and care : a public health perspective / Tom Fryers -- The re-emergence of home health care : a holistic response to aging and consumer empowerment / Mike Magee -- Neuroscience and belief : a Christian perspective / Andrew Sims -- Bibliography of books by Paul Tournier / Hans-Rudolf Pfeifer. - Table of Contents

The esteemed editor who brought us the acclaimed set The Destructive Power of Religion, turns his attention here to a similarly powerful, yet positive side of religion: how our concept of God can fuel healthy body and mind. This book contends that all health—mental and physical—is shaped, for good or ill, by our spiritual, theological, and psychological notions about the nature of God, and by the way we form an outlook on life as a result of these notions. Across history, a large percentage of people have believed that God is a threat, an attitude Ellens describes as sick gods created through pathological beliefs, or sick gods that make sick people. But Ellens grounds his brighter perspective in this text on God as a source of unconditional grace and goodwill, then illuminates the effect this perspective has on people who have incorporated it into their minds and lives.Ellens shows that people with firm faith in God's radical grace are psychologically strong and healthy. His offering of psychology interfacing with theology is reminiscent of Carl Rogers'teaching on unconditional positive regard and its ability to heal suffering persons. All readers, he explains, can benefit by this understanding that can inspire spiritual and psychological healing whether for ourselves, family, friends, or clients in counseling or therapy.
-- from Inside Cover

v. 1. Patriarchs and prophets -- Prophets and Kings -- Desire of Ages -- Acts of the apostles -- Great controversy -- Thoughts from the Mount of Blessing -- Christ's object lessons -- Early writings -- Mind, character and personality -- Life sketches -- Steps to Christ -- Testimonies to ministers and gospel workers -- Evangelism -- Christian servive -- Scripture index -- V. 2. Testimonies for the Church, v. 1 throuh to v. 9. -- Selected messages, bk. 1 --Selected messages bk. 2 -- Selected messages, bk. 3 -- Fundamentals of Christian education -- Education -- Counsels to parents, teachers, and students -- V. 3 The Spirit of prophecy, v. 1 -- The Spirit of prophecy, v. 2 -- The Spirit of prophecy, v. 3 -- The Spirit of prophecy, v. 4 -- The Adventist home -- Child guidance -- Welfare ministry -- The ministry of healing -- Counsels on health -- Medical ministry -- Counsels on diet and foods -- Temperance -- Messages to young people -- Counsels on stewardship -- Colporteur ministry -- The Publishing ministry -- Counsels to writers and editors -- Counsels on Sabbath School work -- SDA Bible commentary supplement.