In our age of advanced medical technology that emphasizes health and well being, the human body has become the near-exclusive province of the professional health care industry. The solutions it proposes, the assumptions it takes for granted, and the judgments it pronounces are taken as gospel. But as Christians, we are called to view all of life--including medicine--through the lens of faith. After all, it was God who created our bodies. \\In Reclaiming the Body, a physician and a theologian take a critical look at some of our assumptions and explore what theology has to say about medicine, our bodies, and our health. This is not a Christian treatise on medical ethics nor a book with a medicine-bashing agenda. Rather, it invites the reader to do theological and ecclesiological reflection on both the body and the Body in an effort to reframe the relationship between Christian faith and medicine. Along the way, the authors deal with timeless and contemporary issues such as embracing suffering, caring for the sick, using reproductive technologies, caring for the poor, obsessing over physical perfection, and dying.

Doctors and Christians -- Naming the power of medicine -- Life as a body -- The shape of what's given -- What are children for? -- A body without borders -- Perfection money can't buy -- Frailty and grief, overcome by hope and love.