With Healing Presence, author David J. Shuch has written an impressive and ground-breaking guide to the theory and practice of healing in its many aspects. He proposes the idea that we need to re-examine and redefine what it means to be a healer and attempts to answer the following questions: What is consciousness? What is human life? What is healing? And what is the science behind the art of healing? -what practices and what capacities are needed so that one may be rooted in the face of suffering and helpful in fostering an atmosphere of healing?

Readers will be motivated to reflect upon and question their own views as they study the book's teachings. Masterfully weaving together concepts from history, religion, science, and more, the author has created a unique theory of faith, consciousness, and humanity.