Joshua W Brown: Proving a Miracle, Gebunden

Blurb

Diagnosed with terminal brain cancer, a neuroscientist searches for the answer to one of life's biggest questions: Are miracles real?

After experiencing a violent seizure, Joshua W. Brown was diagnosed with an inoperable glioma---a cancerous brain tumor---just days before his wife gave birth to their first child. As a brain scientist, Josh understood his chances of survival were slim. When science failed him, Josh---the son of a prison chaplain---turned to his faith. He and his wife began to pray, and he discovered a prayer group focused on healing within his church community.

Could prayer really help? Desperate for a miracle, the trained scientist, armed with a healthy dose of skepticism, embarked on a journey of healing that would take him around the globe and lead him to some surprising conclusions: healing can happen outside traditional medicine and in ways that transcend modern scientific explanations. As he navigated his own diagnosis he became convinced that miracles can and do occur regularly---including in his own life: his tumor turned to scar tissue and the seizures ceased.

Combining personal experience and deep research, Proving a Miracle looks at the tangentials of illness and healing, from the placebo effect to the power of positive thinking. Like Lisa Miller'sThe Awakened Brain and Eben Alexander's Proof of Heaven , Proving a Miracle combines the best rigorous thinking about the connection between science and faith. In chronicling his remarkable experience, Josh pushes us to expand our understanding of the mind / body connection to encompass both faith and community, and how these connections can offer hope for healing.