Churches as Healing Communities:

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" Churches as Healing Communities: "
Wout van Laar

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1066733
Doc. No	:	LA110362
Call No	:	‭10.1163/157254306776525708‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Wout van Laar
Title & Author	:	Churches as Healing Communities: [Article] : Impulses from the South for an Integral Understanding of Healing\ Wout van Laar
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Exchange
Date	:	2006
Volume/ Issue Number	:	35/2
Page No	:	226–241
Abstract	:	For several reasons in missionary ecumenical circles healing could become the new paradigm for mission. One of the main reasons is that in churches in the Southern hemisphere healing is the central focus of the local Christian community. Church life is characterized by the conviction that not the mere change of political structures will lead to a better world. Liberation from evil, forgiveness, medical care, mutual acceptance and common socio-political engagement, all are inspired by the integral message of the gospel. The author gives several examples of African Christian communities in the Netherlands that may be called healing communities and are an inspiration for new forms of living the Christian faith, badly needed for the white middle class congregations that are weakened by secularism and Enlightenment. For several reasons in missionary ecumenical circles healing could become the new paradigm for mission. One of the main reasons is that in churches in the Southern hemisphere healing is the central focus of the local Christian community. Church life is characterized by the conviction that not the mere change of political structures will lead to a better world. Liberation from evil, forgiveness, medical care, mutual acceptance and common socio-political engagement, all are inspired by the integral message of the gospel. The author gives several examples of African Christian communities in the Netherlands that may be called healing communities and are an inspiration for new forms of living the Christian faith, badly needed for the white middle class congregations that are weakened by secularism and Enlightenment.
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/157254306776525708‬