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MN580 Healing Ministry of the Church

What is healing? What does it mean to be  healthy? What does Jesus’ life and ministry model for us about how God  defines health and offers healing? How does one’s definition of health and  healing influence one’s understanding of faithful ministry on the whole? Through dialogue around questions like these,  students will be invited to: (1) gain an  overview of how the Church has  historically understood what it means to  heal and be healed; (2) critically engage  existing understandings of health and  healing alongside a close reading of key  biblical texts (with particular attention  paid to the healing ministry of Jesus); and  (3) construct their own practically  actionable theology of healing. 

Field: Christian Ministry Field

Field: Spring 2024