Healing in the History of Christianity.
Title:
Healing in the History of Christianity.
Author:
Porterfield, Amanda.
ISBN:
9780198035749
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (229 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Jesus: Exorcist and Healer -- 2. Healing in Early Christianity -- 3. Healing in Medieval Christianity -- 4. Healing in Early Modern Christianity -- 5. Healing in Western Christianity's Global Expansion -- 6. Christianity and the Global Development of Scientific Medicine -- 7. Christian Healing in the Shadow of Modern Technology and Science -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Abstract:
Healing is one of the most constant themes in the long and sprawling history of Christianity. Changes in healing beliefs and practices offer a window into changes in religious authority, church structure, and ideas about sanctity, history, resurrection, and the kingdom of God. Porterfield chronicles these changes, at the same time shedding important new light on the universality of religious healing. Finally, she looks at recent scientific findings about religion's biological effects, and considers the relation of these findings to ages-old traditions about belief and healing.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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