Compassion as a Subversive Activity: Illness, Community, and the Gospel of Mark - Softcover

David K. Urion

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1561012793 ISBN 13: 9781561012794

Publisher: Cowley Publications,U.S., 2006

Synopsis

To Dr. David Urion's question, "How can I help you?" the father of the young boy with autism responded in a small voice that choked back some tears, "Be with us. Keep us company. This is so lonely." This book is part of Dr. Urion's attempt to keep his promise, a promise which in fact we all made to this family and to many families on the day of their child's baptism. Baptism by baptism, in each of our faith communities, we vow to do everything in our power to support them in their life in God. Urion beckons us to contemplate the miraculous healings in the Gospel of Mark as subversive political acts of power that provide examples of restoring the integrity and the wholeness of the community, not just for the persons who are overtly healed but for the community as well. The tales of power he invites us to consider in this book reflect upon the extraordinary and paradoxical power of the powerless.

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About the Author

David K. Urion M.D., is a pediatric neurologist who has served as director of the Behavioral Neurology/Learning Disabilities Program at Children's Hospital Boston for the past twenty years. He is a parishioner at St. Anne's-in-the-Fields Episcopal Church in Lincoln, MA, has written for Forward Day by Day, and preaches in the Diocese of Massachusetts from time to time.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cowley Publications,U.S.
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1561012793
• ISBN 13: 9781561012794
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 144