How are we to care for our bodies and our health as part of faithful Christian living? Melanie Dobson excavates from Thomas Aquinas an answer for how contemporary Christians might live well in the midst of a very sick culture.
Through a close reading of Aquinass Treatise on Habit, Dobson reveals that the moral practice of habit does indeed include health. Thomass keen understanding of the human person and of human longings supports the books argument for a practice of health that directs us deep into the heart of God.
Field research with clergy and missionaries offers concrete examples of the...