{"product_id":"reclaiming-the-body-paperback-1","title":"Reclaiming the Body - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoel Shuman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eBrian MD Volck\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDavid Cunningham\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe live in an age of incredible medical technology, and with it, a great emphasis on health and well-being. We fully entrust the care of our bodies to the medical profession, often taking its solutions and judgments as gospel. But what role, if any, should our Christian faith play in all this? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eReclaiming the Body, \u003c\/i\u003e a physician and a theologian take a critical look at some of the assumptions we draw from the medical profession and explore what theology has to say about medicine, our bodies, our health, and the Body of Christ. The authors deal with such issues as suffering, caring for the sick, children and reproductive technologies, medicine and the poor, our obsession with physical perfection, and death and dying.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoel Shuman \u003c\/b\u003e(Ph.D., Duke University) teaches moral theology at King's College in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. He is a frequent public speaker, the author of numerous articles about theology and medicine, and coauthor of \u003ci\u003eHeal Thyself: Spirituality, Medicine, and the Distortion of Christianity. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrian Volck, M.D., \u003c\/b\u003eis a pediatrician. He teaches an elective on literature and medicine at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, and his essays, narrative nonfiction, and poetry have appeared in such publications as D\u003ci\u003eoubleTake, America, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eSt. Anthony Messenger.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.43 x 9.02 x 6.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 01, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52745902063923,"sku":"9781587431272","price":43.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/dTFKaklmazQxdWlnMjdZQjhOYUVUZz09_3b16e87c-f498-4dcf-99e1-4420808637ba.webp?v=1764190932","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/reclaiming-the-body-paperback-1","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}