The Healing Connection

by Harold G. Koenig, Gregg Lewis

The renowned medical researcher explores the link between Christian devotion and the healing process, focusing on the health benefits of spiritual pilgrimage to extract practical lessons for interested readers.

Genres: Religion, Psychology

211 pages, Hardcover

First published January 9, 2001

About the author

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Harold George Koenig

Reviews

[Jay Hartig · Rating 4 out of 5]

So far I have only rated books that I read for my own entertainment. I got stuck reading this book as an assignment in a class that I'm taking for my BSN. The edition of the book that I obtained was different then the cover shown on Goodreads. It is brown and has a picture of a nerdy looking doctor in a library. I can honestly say that I really wasn't happy about the reading assignment at all and took a while to start reading. I ended up liking the book and feel like Dr. Koenig's research is interesting and important. While he himself is a very passionate, committed Christian his research is geared towards proving a link between faith and health. His goal is not to prove to people that his religion is the best or the only religion but rather to prove that faith can provide hope and is important to individuals and in turn society. He uses the research to show that there is evidence to refute people like Freud who believe that faith is a negative thing. I think he does a compelling job in this book. I think that this book would be interesting for people of different religions and philosophies in the healthcare field. He also writes extensively about when religion can be a negative part of some people's lives. Ultimately this book isn't one that someone might just want to pick up and read because it is an amazing page turner but it really is a book that is worth reading in my opinion for healthcare workers and people interested in the subject.