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Christ the Healer: Modern Healing Movements and the Imperative of Praxis for the Poor

Christ the Healer: Modern Healing Movements and the Imperative of Praxis for the Poor Martyn Percy Christ the Healer: Modern Healing Movements and the Imperative of Praxis for the Poor 'How old are you?' (said the Queen). 'I'm seven and a half, exactly.' 'You needn't say "exactly"', the Queen remarked 'I can believe it without that. Now I'll give you something to believe. I'm just one hundred and one, five months and a day.' 'I can't believe that!' said Alice. 'Can't you?' The Queen said in a pitying tone. 'Try again: draw a long breath and shut your eyes.' Alice laughed. 'There's no use trying,' she said, 'one can't believe impossible All of us, believer and sceptic alike, use the word 'miracle' to refer to events which seem unlikely, beyond our understanding, or even apparently impossible. Yet it is only when we more specifically assert that God intervenes in the ways of the world, such that the generally accepted laws of nature are suspended, that major theological problems arise. However, I want to argue in this article that the real problem with miracles, especially healing miracles, is not so much their plausibility as their purpose. What was the point of miracles in the Gospels? To what end did Jesus perform them, and http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Studies in World Christianity Edinburgh University Press

Christ the Healer: Modern Healing Movements and the Imperative of Praxis for the Poor

Percy, Martyn
Studies in World Christianity , Volume 1 (Part_2): 111 – Jan 1, 1995
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10.3366/swc.1995.1.Part_2.111
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Martyn Percy Christ the Healer: Modern Healing Movements and the Imperative of Praxis for the Poor 'How old are you?' (said the Queen). 'I'm seven and a half, exactly.' 'You needn't say "exactly"', the Queen remarked 'I can believe it without that. Now I'll give you something to believe. I'm just one hundred and one, five months and a day.' 'I can't believe that!' said Alice. 'Can't you?' The Queen said in a pitying tone. 'Try again: draw a long breath and shut your eyes.' Alice laughed. 'There's no use trying,' she said, 'one can't believe impossible All of us, believer and sceptic alike, use the word 'miracle' to refer to events which seem unlikely, beyond our understanding, or even apparently impossible. Yet it is only when we more specifically assert that God intervenes in the ways of the world, such that the generally accepted laws of nature are suspended, that major theological problems arise. However, I want to argue in this article that the real problem with miracles, especially healing miracles, is not so much their plausibility as their purpose. What was the point of miracles in the Gospels? To what end did Jesus perform them, and

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Studies in World Christianity – Edinburgh University Press

Published: Jan 1, 1995

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