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Wunderheilung eine Fundamental Theologische Untersuchung
Miracle Healing Fundamental Theological Investigations

Author(s): Andrzej Anderwald
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Theology and Religion, Systematic Theology
Published by: Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL & Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
Keywords: theology; healing; miracle; recognition of a miracle; medical science

Summary/Abstract: What medical doctors have to do with a healing process? Is the theological term “miracle” even compatible with current medical knowledge? How can a miracle cure be recognized? Where does the church's caution come from when recognizing a medically inexplicable healing as a miracle healing in a religious sense? The paper is to present the answer to this question from a perspective of the contemporary Catholic theology. The whole discussion involves firstly a presentation of a new understanding of a miracle as signs from God. The whole procedure involves first of all the idea of a current understanding of miracles as a sign of God (1). Then it will present the participation of medical science in the investigation of the miraculous cures of Lourdes (2). Finally, theological process of recognizing a medically inexplicable healing as a miracle healing in a religious sense will be analyzed (3).

  • Issue Year: 66/2019
  • Issue No: 9
  • Page Range: 35-60
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: German