A Practical Church Unity within Secular Hospitals

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" A Practical Church Unity within Secular Hospitals "
Michael Balboni

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1065893
Doc. No	:	LA109522
Call No	:	‭10.1177/1744136607077157‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Michael Balboni
Title & Author	:	A Practical Church Unity within Secular Hospitals [Article]\ Michael Balboni
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Ecclesiology
Date	:	2007
Volume/ Issue Number	:	3/3
Page No	:	343–362
Abstract	:	Ecclesial unity among Christian physicians is jeopardized by the culture of secular medicine. The medical context, rather than being a neutral sphere, has increasingly become a context that cuts loose and reshapes church members into a secular ecclesia. This thesis is demonstrated through focus groups composed of Christian physician-residents within Harvard Medical School residency programs. The interviews describe how many Christian physicians are psychologically isolated and spiritually endangered because of compliance to secular expectations within academic teaching hospitals. In contrast, the key to undoing secular atomization stems from the nature of the church as a people gathered in the presence of Christ. Thus, the essay develops an ecclesiology that focuses on the manifestation of unity in its local relationships and embodied practices. Despite severe time constraints, Christian physicians have the opportunity to reconstitute a unified church within the secular by pursuing one another in love and offering tangible signs of solidarity. Ecclesial unity among Christian physicians is jeopardized by the culture of secular medicine. The medical context, rather than being a neutral sphere, has increasingly become a context that cuts loose and reshapes church members into a secular ecclesia. This thesis is demonstrated through focus groups composed of Christian physician-residents within Harvard Medical School residency programs. The interviews describe how many Christian physicians are psychologically isolated and spiritually endangered because of compliance to secular expectations within academic teaching hospitals. In contrast, the key to undoing secular atomization stems from the nature of the church as a people gathered in the presence of Christ. Thus, the essay develops an ecclesiology that focuses on the manifestation of unity in its local relationships and embodied practices. Despite severe time constraints, Christian physicians have the opportunity to reconstitute a unified church within the secular by pursuing one another in love and offering tangible signs of solidarity.
Descriptor	:	ecclesiology
Descriptor	:	faith and work
Descriptor	:	practical theology
Descriptor	:	spirituality and medicine
Descriptor	:	unity
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1177/1744136607077157‬