Christian Science on trial: religious healing in America
The world of Christian Science healers -- Mary Baker Eddy: patient, healer, teacher -- Becoming a practitioner and teacher -- "Occasions for hope": patients and practitioners -- Separating "true" Scientists from "pseudo" Scientists -- Christian Science healers and the w...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Subito Delivery Service: | Order now. |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Published: |
Baltimore London
Johns Hopkins Univ. Press
2003
|
| In: | Year: 2003 |
| Series/Journal: | Medicine, science, and religion in historical context
|
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
USA
/ Spirit healing
/ Christian Science
/ History 1860-1980
B USA / Faith healing / Controversy / Christian Science / Conventional medicine / History 1880-1920 B Christian Science / Faith healing / History B USA / Christianity / Religion |
| Further subjects: | B
Christian Science
History
B Medicine Religious aspects Christian Science History B Medical Care Law and legislation (United States) |
| Online Access: |
Autorenbiografie (Verlag) Inhaltsverzeichnis (Verlag) Verlagsangaben (Verlag) |
| Summary: | The world of Christian Science healers -- Mary Baker Eddy: patient, healer, teacher -- Becoming a practitioner and teacher -- "Occasions for hope": patients and practitioners -- Separating "true" Scientists from "pseudo" Scientists -- Christian Science healers and the world -- Physicians debate Christian Science -- Therapeutic choice or religious liberty? -- Public health and the protection of children -- Century of promise then peril |
|---|---|
| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (S. [279] - 292) and index |
| ISBN: | 0801870577 |