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Available
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Publication
Louisville, Ky. : Westminster/John Knox Press
ISBN
0664251870 / 9780664251871
Description
In this helpful book, Zach Thomas shows how clergy, friends, and congregations can reclaim the ancient practice of healing touch. He presents biblical principles that encourage wholesome behavior and protect against unhealthy touch. He provides a model for reflecting on touch in pastoral care, offers case studies that demonstrate how and when clients should be referred to body-work therapists, and provides congregations with guidance in designing appropriate healing services that include the laying on of hands.
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CONTENTS:
Part 1. Touch in Western healing traditions
Called and created to touch
The Role of touch in the mind
body split
The Language of healing touch
Part 2. Touch in modern ministry
The Intention of touch in pastoral care
Expectations and settings of touch
Healing touch in worship.
Part 1. Touch in Western healing traditions
Called and created to touch
The Role of touch in the mind
body split
The Language of healing touch
Part 2. Touch in modern ministry
The Intention of touch in pastoral care
Expectations and settings of touch
Healing touch in worship.