Healing in the history of Christianity [[electronic resource] /] / Amanda Porterfield

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910465536503321
• Autore: Porterfield Amanda <1947->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2005
• ISBN: 0-19-972994-8; 1-280-83561-3; 1-4294-3095-8; 0-19-803574-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (229 p.)
• Disciplina: 234/.131
• Soggetti: Spiritual healing; Healing - Religious aspects - Christianity; Miracles; Healing in the Bible; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-207) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Jesus, exorcist and healer -- Healing in early Christianity -- Healing in medieval Christianity -- Healing in early modern Christianity -- Healing in Western Christianity's global expansion -- Christianity and the global development of scientific medicine -- Christian healing in the shadow of modern technology and science.
• Sommario/riassunto: Amanda Porterfield offers a survey of ideas, rituals, and experiences of healing in Christian history. Jesus himself performed many miracles of healing, and Christians down the ages have seen this as a prominent feature of their faith. Indeed, 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