faith healing in English

noun

1

healing achieved by religious belief and prayer, rather than by medical treatment.

When an alleged cure by faith healing occurs in a religious context it is usually called a miracle.

noun

faith cure

Use "faith healing" in a sentence

1. 28 People will always be sceptical about faith healing.

2. Charismatics: A movement of Christianity which accentuates spiritual gifts such as prophecy and faith healing

3. 30 Despite all the advances in modern medicine, demand for alternative therapies and faith healing keeps growing.

4. The Encyclopædia Britannica acknowledges: “Relatively little controlled research has been achieved on the many unknown factors in faith healing.”

5. The Encyclopædia Britannica affirms: “The history of faith healing in Christianity began with the astonishing personal ministries of Jesus and the apostles.”

6. It is much better to live according to Bible principles than to engage in drug abuse, smoking, heavy drinking, or overeating and then when sickness follows, turn in desperation to faith healing.

7. Death of Algerian girl, 10, in 'faith healing' ceremony sparks outcry A 28-year-old man has been arrested over the death of the girl, who showed signs of ‘blows and burns’ Published: 30 May 2020

8. 17 Religion is part of the human make-up. It's also part of our cultural and intellectual history. Religion was our first attempt at literature, the texts, our first attempt at cosmology, making sense of where we are in the universe, our first attempt at health care, believing in faith healing, our first attempt at philosophy. Christopher Hitchens 

9. Tell, Aloft concerns a single mother Nana (Jennifer Connelly) who has a very sick son, this is about faith healing, can’t give you more, the movie is very grim an cold I think it was filmed in Manitoba it sure looks like it did, but you have to look under the surface of this, it is so hard to put this movie to words you’ll give everything away,