LEADER 03105nam 22007334a 450 001 9910465536503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-19-972994-8 010 $a1-280-83561-3 010 $a1-4294-3095-8 010 $a0-19-803574-8 035 $a(CKB)2560000000300289 035 $a(EBL)281199 035 $a(OCoLC)476025752 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000169348 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11171086 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000169348 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10203257 035 $a(PQKB)10028038 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001145639 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12456203 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001145639 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11123587 035 $a(PQKB)10814971 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000039220 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC281199 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL281199 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10233612 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL83561 035 $a(OCoLC)77816709 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000300289 100 $a20041215d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aHealing in the history of Christianity$b[electronic resource] /$fAmanda Porterfield 210 $aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2005 215 $a1 online resource (229 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-515718-4 311 $a0-19-985038-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [187]-207) and index. 327 $aJesus, 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. 330 $aAmanda 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 606 $aSpiritual healing 606 $aHealing$xReligious aspects$xChristianity 606 $aMiracles 606 $aHealing in the Bible 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aSpiritual healing. 615 0$aHealing$xReligious aspects$xChristianity. 615 0$aMiracles. 615 0$aHealing in the Bible. 676 $a234/.131 700 $aPorterfield$b Amanda$f1947-$0913272 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910465536503321 996 $aHealing in the history of Christianity$92102002 997 $aUNINA