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UNINA9910463120503321 |
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Autore |
Scott Robert A. <1935-> |
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Titolo |
Miracle cures [[electronic resource] ] : saints, pilgrimage, and the healing powers of belief / / Robert A. Scott |
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Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, 2010 |
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1-282-76401-2 |
0-520-94620-0 |
9786612764011 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (267 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Spiritual healing |
Healing - Religious aspects - Christianity |
Miracles |
Electronic books. |
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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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Front matter -- CONTENTS -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- 1. Life in the Middle Ages -- 2. Saints -- 3. Apparitions -- 4. Pilgrimage and Shrines -- 5. Disease -- 6. The Role of Stress in Illness -- 7. Belief, Hope, and Healing -- 8. Framing, Confessing, Self-Efficacy, and Healing -- Coda -- Appendix: Accounts of Miracles at Medieval Shrines -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Iconic images of medieval pilgrims, such as Chaucer's making their laborious way to Canterbury, conjure a distant time when faith was the only refuge of the ill and infirm, and thousands traveled great distances to pray for healing. Why, then, in an age of advanced biotechnology and medicine, do millions still go on pilgrimages? Why do journeys to important religious shrines-such as Lourdes, Compostela, Fátima, and Medjugorje-constitute a major industry? In Miracle Cures, Robert A. Scott explores these provocative questions and finds that pilgrimage continues to offer answers for many. Its benefits can range from a demonstrable improvement in health to complete recovery. Using research in biomedical and behavioral science, Scott examines accounts of miracle cures at medieval, early modern, and contemporary shrines. |
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He inquires into the power of relics, apparitions, and the transformative nature of sacred journeying and shines new light on the roles belief, hope, and emotion can play in healing. |
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UNINA9910960709103321 |
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Autore |
Saunders Harold H |
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Politics Is about Relationship : A Blueprint for the Citizens' Century / / by H. Saunders |
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New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2005 |
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9786611365615 |
9781281365613 |
1281365610 |
9781403983411 |
1403983410 |
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[1st ed. 2005.] |
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1 online resource (XXV, 300 p. 1 illus. in color.) |
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International relations |
Political science |
Politics and war |
International Relations |
Political Science |
Military and Defence Studies |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Cover -- Politics Is about Relationship -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- PREFACE : A PERSONAL ESSAY -- Meeting the Challenges of a World in Crisis: Engaging Whole Bodies Politic -- Our Starting Points -- Chapter One Politics Is about … ? -- Chapter Two A Proper World View, Appropriate for Its Time -- The Paradigm and the Concept -- Chapter Three The Relational Paradigm: A Multilevel Process of Continuous Interaction -- Chapter Four The Concept of Relationship -- Dialogue Makes It Happen -- Chapter Five A Different |
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Way of Thinking-Another Way of Relating -- Chapter Six Transformation in South Africa: A People Engaged -- Chapter Seven Public Peacemaking and Peacebuilding in Tajikistan -- Chapter Eight Power and Public Work in West Virginia -- Chapter Nine Citizens Talk about the Russia-U.S. Relationship -- Chapter Ten Conducting the China-U.S. Relationship: A Diplomat's View -- The Citizens Century -- Chapter Eleven What Difference Does It Make? What Makes This Difference? -- NOTES -- INDEX. |
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In this straightforward exploration of core problems facing humanity, Harold Saunders outlines how concerned citizens can bring about social and political change. Using examples from the U.S. to South Africa, Tajikistan to China, this book is full of real stories of how building 'relationship' among people can empower citizens outside government. |
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