The Journey Into God: Healing and Christian Faith

The Journey into God challenges the adequacy of the biomedical model alone in addressing the symptoms and causes of physical and mental illness. While allowing that the biomedical has its place in the treatment of disease Dr. Kenneth Bakken argues persuasively that there are untapped resources for health and wholeness in Christian faith and practice. He invites the reader into the way of theosis the transformation of the person in union with the divine. Opening the mystic heart of Christianity The Journey into God gives individual Christians and the Christian communities of faith a trusty map for traversing the shifting spiritual terrain of health and wholeness issues in the twenty-first century The Most Rev. Dr. Kenneth L. Bakken is a physician public health scientist and Bishop in the Augustana Catholic Church (Lutheran). He is also the founder of and a staff physician for the holistic rehabilitation program for the treatment of patients with Fibromyalgia Syndrome at Bayview Medical Clinic in Tacoma Washington (www.bayviewmedical.org). Dr. Bakken is president of HealthVision International and is known internationally for his passionate conferences retreats and lectures in promoting the renewal of the health and healing ministry of the Church.