03105nam 22007334a 450 991046553650332120200520144314.00-19-972994-81-280-83561-31-4294-3095-80-19-803574-8(CKB)2560000000300289(EBL)281199(OCoLC)476025752(SSID)ssj0000169348(PQKBManifestationID)11171086(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000169348(PQKBWorkID)10203257(PQKB)10028038(SSID)ssj0001145639(PQKBManifestationID)12456203(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001145639(PQKBWorkID)11123587(PQKB)10814971(StDuBDS)EDZ0000039220(MiAaPQ)EBC281199(Au-PeEL)EBL281199(CaPaEBR)ebr10233612(CaONFJC)MIL83561(OCoLC)77816709(EXLCZ)99256000000030028920041215d2005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrHealing in the history of Christianity[electronic resource] /Amanda PorterfieldOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20051 online resource (229 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-515718-4 0-19-985038-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-207) and index.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.Amanda Porterfield offers a survey of ideas, rituals, and experiences of healing in Christian history. Jesus himself performed many miracles of healing, and Christians down the ages have seen this as a prominent feature of their faith. Indeed, 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 Spiritual healingHealingReligious aspectsChristianityMiraclesHealing in the BibleElectronic books.Spiritual healing.HealingReligious aspectsChristianity.Miracles.Healing in the Bible.234/.131Porterfield Amanda1947-913272MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910465536503321Healing in the history of Christianity2102002UNINA