Miracle Healing in Christianity

Christianity is a religion based on the life of Jesus of Nazareth. It has more than two billion followers, making it the largest religion in the world.

Christianity is a monotheistic, Abrahamic religion. The Bible teaches that Jesus is the Son of God, and that he defeated Satan and his demons. Christian believers also receive gifts from the Holy Spirit. These include healings and miracles.

In the fifth century, some serious Christians left urban corruption and moved to the countryside. Eventually, the church added half a million new converts each generation.

Healings are common in the Gospels. For example, in Luke 5:17-26, a blind man is healed, and a leper returns to the temple. However, in the Middle Ages, healing was generally seen as a sacrament or ritual. Church leaders restricted prayer for the sick. They questioned whether healing was legitimate.

A major shift in healing occurred in the twelfth century, when Christians began to practice extreme unction. This was a type of anointing of the sick with oil. Only those in dire danger of death received the anointing. The purpose was to prepare the sick person for heaven.

Another key feature of “global spiritual warfare” is the obsession with the enemies of the gospel. Often, it is used as a polemical instance of Christian expansionism, but it also explores the centrality of prayer as political praxis.

Globalized charismatic Christianity is a revival of a militant evangelical Christian subjectivity. Although it thrives on tension, its subjectivity is also opposed to reasoned debate and the freedoms of conscience.