INTERVIEW
Common practices like yoga and acupuncture have roots in other religions. Are we ignoring that?
Interview by Ruth Moon
When Candy Gunther Brown interviewed Christians in the Pentecostal tradition for her 2012 book, Testing Prayer: Science and Healing, she made a surprising discovery. Many Christians who believed in the healing power of prayer were also using alternative medical practices such as homeopathic medicine, chiropractic medicine, acupuncture, and yoga—practices stemming from non-Christian traditions. Brown, a religion professor at Indiana University, explores the faith underpinnings of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) and the ways Christian America has appropriated it. Why examine the religious underpinnings of...
Read What Christians Need to Know about Alternative Medicine
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