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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910807933503321
• Autore: Porterfield Amanda <1947->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2005
• ISBN: 0198035748; 9780198035749; 0-19-985038-0; 0-19-972994-8; 1-280-83561-3; 0-19-028899-X; 1-4294-3095-8; 0-19-803574-8
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: viii, 218 p
• Disciplina: 234/.131
• Soggetti: Spiritual healing; Healing - Religious aspects - Christianity; Miracles; Healing in the Bible
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• 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: 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 light on the universality of religious healing. Finally, she looks at recent scientific findings about religion's biological effects, and ; considers the relation of these findings to ages-old traditions about belief and healing.