Faith in the Great Physician
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.
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9781421402017, 9780801886867, 1421402017, 0801886864
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List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. A Thorn in the Flesh: Pain, Illness, and Religion in Mid-Nineteenth-Century America2. Resisting Resignation: The Rise of Religious Healing in the Late Nineteenth Century3. Acting Faith: The Devotional Ethics and Gendered Dynamics of Divine Healing4. The Use of Means: Divine Healing as Devotional Practice5. Houses of Healing: Sacred Space, Social Geography, and Gender in Divine Healing6. The Lord for the Body, the Gospel for the Nations: Divine Healing and Social ReformConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex