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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822057603321

Autore

Schoepflin Rennie B

Titolo

Christian Science on trial : religious healing in America / / Rennie B. Schoepflin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003

ISBN

0-8018-7767-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (320 p.)

Collana

Medicine, science, and religion in historical context

Disciplina

289.5/73

Soggetti

Christian Science - History

Medicine - Religious aspects - Christian Science - History

Medical care - Law and legislation - United States

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. [279]-292) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

"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.