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UNINA9910797481603321 |
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Autore |
Vacek Heather H. <1969-> |
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Titolo |
Madness : American Protestant reactions to mental illness across three centuries / / Heather H. Vacek |
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Waco, Texas : , : Baylor University Press, , [2015] |
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©2015 |
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ISBN |
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1-4813-0450-X |
1-4813-0059-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (284 p.) |
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Collana |
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Studies in Religion, Theology, and Disability |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Mental illness - Religious aspects - Christianity |
Protestantism - United States - History |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Making theological sense out of suffering, sin, and sickness / Cotton Mather -- Christian vocation and the shape the secular profession / Benjamin Rush -- Advocating for the helpless, forgotten, and insane / Dorothea Dix -- Reclaiming religious authority in medicine / Anton Boisen -- A passionate plea to engage finds lukewarm reaction / Karl Menninger. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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A history of Protestant responses to mental illness from the colonial era to the present |
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