Christian Science on trial : religious healing in America / / Rennie B. Schoepflin
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| Autore: |
Schoepflin Rennie B
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| Titolo: |
Christian Science on trial : religious healing in America / / Rennie B. Schoepflin
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| Pubblicazione: | Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (320 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 289.5/73 |
| Soggetto topico: | Christian Science - History |
| Medicine - Religious aspects - Christian Science - History | |
| Medical care - Law and legislation - United States | |
| 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Christian science on trial |
| ISBN: | 0-8018-7767-9 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910822057603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Medicine, science, and religion in historical context.