Compassion As a Subversive Activity - Illness, Community, and the Gospel of Mark

Informationen zum Autor By David Urion Klappentext David Urion, a pediatric neurologist, contemplates the miraculous healings in the Gospel of Mark as subversive political acts of power that restore the wholeness of the community. The kingdom of God that is at hand is just this: the poor, the sick, the outcaste. Their integration into the community restores creation to the radical inclusiveness with which it began and that heals us all. Zusammenfassung Contemplates the miraculous healings in the "Gospel of Mark" as subversive political acts of power that restore the wholeness of the community. The kingdom of God that is at hand is just this: the poor! the sick! the outcast.

Product details

• Authors: David Urion, David K. Urion
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.10.2006
• EAN: 9781561012794
• ISBN: 978-1-56101-279-4
• No. of pages: 144
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; RELIGION / Biblical Meditations / General, Bible readings, selections & meditations, Bible readings, selections and meditations