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Autore |
Schoepflin Rennie B |
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Titolo |
Christian Science on trial : religious healing in America / / Rennie B. Schoepflin |
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Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (320 p.) |
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Collana |
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Medicine, science, and religion in historical context |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Christian Science - History |
Medicine - Religious aspects - Christian Science - History |
Medical care - Law and legislation - United States |
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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 (p. [279]-292) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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The world of Christian Science healers -- Mary Baker Eddy: patient, healer, teacher -- Becoming a practitioner and teacher -- "Occasions for hope": patients and practitioners -- Separating "true" Scientists from "pseudo" Scientists -- Christian Science healers and the world -- Physicians debate Christian Science -- Therapeutic choice or religious liberty? -- Public health and the protection of children -- Century of promise then peril. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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"Clearly written and well argued, Schoepflin's excellent study moves beyond the prescriptive literature-focused and Eddy-centered scholarship to show what practitioners and their patients did and thought near the turn of the century." -- Choice. |
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