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Compassion as a Subversive Activity: Illness, Community, and the Gospel of Mark
Compassion as a Subversive Activity Illness Community and the Gospel of Mark
Author: David Urion
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 ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781561012794
ISBN-10: 1561012793
Publication Date: 10/25/2006
Pages: 144
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Publisher: Cowley Publications
Book Type: Paperback
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An interesting and scholarly study of compassion toward children and families with neurological disorders, juxtaposed with Jesus's miraculous healings from the Gospel of Mark.


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