faith healing
noun
: a method of treating diseases by prayer and exercise of faith in God
faith healer
noun
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He was given the gifts of prophecy and faith healing.
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Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC news, 12 May 2025
Most radically, Aimee was one of the first to convey faith healing — perhaps the most physical form of worship — through the radio.
—Claire Hoffman, Rolling Stone, 20 Apr. 2025
Convinced that these were signs of the Second Coming, Parham sought to hasten Christ’s return by training his followers in gifts of the spirit like those found in the Acts of the Apostles—everything from faith healing and prophecy to glossolalia.
—Casey Cep, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
Offit was on the front lines of the 1991 measles epidemic in Philadelphia, which exploded in a pair of churches that practiced faith healing.
—Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2025
But over the past sixty-plus years, practices once associated with older Pentecostal churches—glossolalia, faith healing, and the casting out of demons—began seeping through denominational borders and flourished across the country, a trend that has grown only more pronounced.
—Sam Kestenbaum, Harper's Magazine, 21 June 2024
People were converting to more expressive forms of evangelical Christianity — sometimes called charismatic or Pentecostal — which often entailed speaking in tongues and faith healing and emphasized a daily struggle between good and evil.
—Bishop Sand, Washington Post, 17 Feb. 2024
The film is also a clandestine advertisement for faith healing.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 31 Oct. 2023
Over the past half-century, as charismatic worship became more common in the United States, practices like speaking in tongues and faith healing have met with greater acceptance, and the number of nondenominational Protestants in the United States has grown.
—Marcela Valdes, New York Times, 28 June 2023
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Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC news, 12 May 2025
Most radically, Aimee was one of the first to convey faith healing — perhaps the most physical form of worship — through the radio.
—Claire Hoffman, Rolling Stone, 20 Apr. 2025
Convinced that these were signs of the Second Coming, Parham sought to hasten Christ’s return by training his followers in gifts of the spirit like those found in the Acts of the Apostles—everything from faith healing and prophecy to glossolalia.
—Casey Cep, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
Offit was on the front lines of the 1991 measles epidemic in Philadelphia, which exploded in a pair of churches that practiced faith healing.
—Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2025
But over the past sixty-plus years, practices once associated with older Pentecostal churches—glossolalia, faith healing, and the casting out of demons—began seeping through denominational borders and flourished across the country, a trend that has grown only more pronounced.
—Sam Kestenbaum, Harper's Magazine, 21 June 2024
People were converting to more expressive forms of evangelical Christianity — sometimes called charismatic or Pentecostal — which often entailed speaking in tongues and faith healing and emphasized a daily struggle between good and evil.
—Bishop Sand, Washington Post, 17 Feb. 2024
The film is also a clandestine advertisement for faith healing.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 31 Oct. 2023
Over the past half-century, as charismatic worship became more common in the United States, practices like speaking in tongues and faith healing have met with greater acceptance, and the number of nondenominational Protestants in the United States has grown.
—Marcela Valdes, New York Times, 28 June 2023
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faith healing
noun
: a method of treating diseases by prayer and exercise of faith in God
faith healer
noun
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