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Raising Lazarus: Integral Healing in Orthodox Christianity

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Raising Lazarus is a poignant collection of works from renowned Orthodox academics, theologians, and authors including Stephen Muse, Paul Kymissis, Fr. Geroge Morelli, and Demetra Jaquet. With each section centered on a specific type of healing, "Raising Lazarus invites the reader to enter into a conversation with Orthodox thinkers about how and why the two-thousand-year-old theological, liturgical, and spiritual traditions of Orthodox Christianity engage with the contemporary world." (Fr. Stanley Hopkins) 

Contents

 Preface

Fr. Nicholas C. Triantafilou

1

Introduction:

Physicians for this World and the Next

Stephen Muse

3
Healing the Bodymind

Historical Precedents for Synergia:

Combining Medicine, Diakonia and Sacrament in Byzantine Times

John G. Demakis

15

Regenerating the Heart:

A Holistic Perspective

Peter Bistolarides

25

From Neurobiology to Uncreated Light

Paul Kymissis

41
Healing the Suffering Person

The Complexities of a Person

Stephen Muse

53

Psychiatric Considerations

Jeff Rediger

61

Theological Considerations

Fr. Stephen Plumlee

85

Pastoral Psychological Response:

An Orthodox Expression of Pastoral Counseling

Demetra Jaquet

95

The Journey Continues:

Postscript on "Ted"

Stephen Muse

113

Christian Asceticism and Cognitive Behavioral Psychology

Fr. George Morelli

119
Healing the Healer

Pollution of the Soul:

The Dangers of Literalism and Psychologism

John Perkins

131

Spiritual War: 

The Relevance to Modern Therapy of the Ancient Eastern Orthodox Christian Path of Ascetically Practice

Jamie Moran

145
Healing in Community 215

The Spiritual Life and How to be Married in It

Philip Mamalakis

229

Ekklesia, the Relational Heart of Community

Fr. Niko Graff

247

Response to Fr. Niko Graff

Fr. George Morelli

255
Contributions 259


Product Description

Paperback:

262 Pages

Publisher:

Holy Cross Orthodox Press

Editor:

Stephen Muse

ISBN:

978-1-885652-79-8

Product Dimensions:
6 x 9 in
Publication Year:
2004
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