Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: A range of contemporary approaches to healing focus on the idea of “the body as healer.” This paper explores this theme through a biblical-theological lens and assesses its relevance for spiritual formation. Following a discussion of healing modalities which focus on embodiment, I explore five biblical-theological themes relevant to this theme before addressing the relationship between the body’s healing potential and the Spirit’s healing presence. In a final section, I suggest ways in which Christians and churches can appropriate insights on embodied healing for spiritual formation today.
Author: Ed Mackenzie
Language: English
Subfield: Religious studies
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4407512565