TY - BOOK AU - Urion,David K. TI - Compassion as a subversive activity: illness, community, and the gospel of Mark SN - 1561012793 AV - BS 2585.6 .H4 U75 2006 PY - 2006/// CY - Cambridge, Massachussets PB - Cowley Pub KW - Bible, N.T. Mark KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc KW - Spiritual healing KW - Reconcilliation KW - Religious aspects- Christianity KW - Miracles KW - Community-Religious aspects KW - Christianity N1 - Includes bibliographical references; Introduction: Radical inclusion and our baptismal vows The power of the powerless to restore community Miracles Compassion as a subversive activity Healing as a political act The deeds of power : encounters The man with the unclean spirit What does the face of love look like? Simon's mother-in-law The virtue of staying useful The leper Choosing to exile or embrace The paralytic Restored by the faith of friends The man with the withered hand On cultivating compassion and lovingkindness The gerasene demoniac Living into the full measure of our lives The woman with a hemorrhage and jairus' daughter Touching power and faith The ill of Gennesaret Unexpected grace and sacramental work The syrophoenician woman's daughter Making place at the table The deaf-mute On being open(ed) The blind man On seeing more clearly ... day by day The epileptic boy Help my unbelief Blind Bartimaeus Seeing others truly Communities (or community) restored You are not far from the kingdom He is going ahead of you to Galilee N2 - "In Compassion as a Subversive Activity, pediatric neurologist David K. Urion tells the stories of children and families tested in the fires of autism, cerebral palsy, and other life-changing neurological disorders. In vivid, true-to-life detail, he shows us how the touch of compassion and acceptance can bring healing-if not cure-to these families and to the communities in which they live." "Each story from Urion's experience is paired with a story of the miraculous healings of Jesus in the Gospel of Mark. Setting the stories of Scripture side by side with his powerful observations of lives in crisis, Dr. Urion finds strength in the view that miracles are subversive political acts of power that restore wholeness to broken communities and allow us to truly see the face of God in everyone we meet. Book jacket."--BOOK JACKET ER -