The course of God's providence: religion, health, and the body in early America
"This book tells the story of religion and medicine in the eighteenth-century Atlantic world. It rejects simplistic frameworks of secularization and enlightenment and emphasizes, instead, continuing and powerful Protestant ideas of God's oversight in shaping and motivating human activity i...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York
New York University Press
[2021]
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| In: | Year: 2021 |
| Series/Journal: | North American religions
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
USA
/ Christianity
/ Healthy lifestyle
/ History 1700-1800
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| Further subjects: | B
Medicine
Religious aspects
Christianity
History 18th century
B United States Church history 18th century B Medicine (United States) History 18th century B Medicine History 18th century (United States) B Health Religious aspects Christianity History 18th century |
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| Summary: | "This book tells the story of religion and medicine in the eighteenth-century Atlantic world. It rejects simplistic frameworks of secularization and enlightenment and emphasizes, instead, continuing and powerful Protestant ideas of God's oversight in shaping and motivating human activity in the realms of narrative, medicine, missions, charity, and maternity"-- |
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| ISBN: | 1479806684 |