Cover -- Half-Title -- Title -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Methods and Approaches -- 2. The Christian Reception of Greek Medicine -- 3. Early Christian Views of the Etiology of Disease -- 4. Christianity as a Religion of Healing -- 5. The Basis of Christian Medical Philanthropy -- 6. Health Care in the Early Church -- 7. Some Concluding Observations -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- X -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.