Prescribing faith [[electronic resource] ] : medicine, media, and religion in American culture / / Claire Hoertz Badaracco

• Autore: Badaracco Claire
• Pubblicazione: Waco, TX, : Baylor University Press, c2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (263 p.)
• Disciplina: 201/.6610973
• Soggetto topico: Medicine - Religious aspects; Alternative medicine - United States - History; Spiritual healing - United States - History; Mass media - Religious aspects; Health in mass media
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Introduction; Chapter 1: ""Man's Accidents are God's Purposes""; Chapter 2: Launching a Scientific Religion; Chapter 3: Measuring Prayer; Chapter 4: Belief and Wellness; Chapter 5: The Medicated Public Square; Conclusion; Notes
• Sommario/riassunto: The healing powers of medicine and prayer are often media headlines. Not explored is how media itself has shaped popular ideas about religion and health. Prescribing Faith traces the confluence of medicine, media and religion from mid-nineteenth century American culture to the present day. Badaracco examines how media portrays the relationship between religious faith and medicine, showing that the relationship is one fraught with conflict of interest, controversy, and paradox. Prescribing Faith offers valuable insight into deconstructing religion and medicine as shaped by today's media.
• Titolo autorizzato: Prescribing faith
• ISBN: 1-281-16211-6; 9786611162115; 1-60258-075-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910451581503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II