Faith in the Great Physician - Suffering and Divine Healing in American Culture, 18601900

Informationen zum Autor Heather D. Curtis is an assistant professor of the history of Christianity and American religion at Tufts University. Klappentext Emphasizing the centrality of religious practices to the enterprise of divine healing, Curtis sheds light on the relationship among Christian faith, medical science, and the changing meanings of suffering and healing in American culture. Zusammenfassung Emphasizing the centrality of religious practices to the enterprise of divine healing! Curtis sheds light on the relationship among Christian faith! medical science! and the changing meanings of suffering and healing in American culture.

Product details

• Authors: Heather D Curtis, Heather D. Curtis, Heather D. (Tufts University) Curtis
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.01.2008
• EAN: 9780801886867
• ISBN: 978-0-8018-8686-7
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Lived Religions; Lived Religions
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Holistic medicine; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories