Arthur Kleinman

A Prophet to the Peoples

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

“Paul Farmer was on a quest for wisdom. He sought phronesis: practical wisdom for the art of living. He found the soul of care. Religion inspired him to endure and transcend. He aspired to a revolutionary mercy. Readers who know his social medicine and those new to his praxis will get closer to the mystery of his soul by reading these chapters. Eye-opening!”

Saving Grace

“Dr. Alfery’s highly readable casebook and memorable clinical memoir amounts to The Anesthesiologist’s Tale . . . nothing will so clarify the thin pink line between life and the cold greyness of death and shake readers into sensible health maintenance as reading how anesthesiologists routinely struggle to balance physiology and control untoward responses to surgical interventions. A highly accessible clinical memoir! Also an illumination of how a caring clinician not just thinks of death and dying, but acts to keep patients alive or to help them find an adequate passing.”

Spiritual Healing

Theology

“Coakley’s fine interdisciplinary collection of essays by scholars in philosophy, theology, history, anthropology, neuroscience and pastoral counseling should attract a range of readers (secular and religious) interested in the various ways interpretive analysis clarifies the abidingly important yet still murky question of how meanings heal. With an expert editorial hand, Coakley compares, contrasts, and brings into engagement divergent and, in a few instances, seemingly unassimilable studies, asking their authors to confront each other in search of more capacious and availing answers. No small achievement!”