Medical miracles: doctors, saints, and healing in the modern world

Making saints : miracles, medicine, and evidence since 1588 -- The supplicants and their saints -- The miracles : diseases, corpses, and other wonders -- The doctors : medical knowledge in the canonization process -- The cure as drama : gestures of invocation and the context of cure -- Conclusion :...

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Auteur principal: Duffin, Jacalyn M. (Auteur)
Type de support: Imprimé Livre
Langue:Anglais
Service de livraison Subito: Commander maintenant.
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WorldCat: WorldCat
Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Publié: Oxford New York, NY Oxford University Press 2009
Dans:Année: 2009
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés:B Guérison miraculeuse / Saint-Siège (motif) / Procès en canonisation / Histoire 1588-1999
Sujets non-standardisés:B Medicine Religious aspects Catholic Church History
B Spiritual Healing Christianity History
B Christian saints History
B Catholic Church Doctrines History
B Canonization
B Miracles History
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Résumé:Making saints : miracles, medicine, and evidence since 1588 -- The supplicants and their saints -- The miracles : diseases, corpses, and other wonders -- The doctors : medical knowledge in the canonization process -- The cure as drama : gestures of invocation and the context of cure -- Conclusion : religion, medicine, and miracles
Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. [257] - 274) and index
Description matérielle:XV, 285 S., Ill., 24 cm
ISBN:0-19-533650-X
978-0-19-533650-4