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Faith in the great physician : suffering and divine healing in American culture, 1860-1900 / Heather D. Curtis.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Curtis, Heather D.
Series:
Lived religions
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Spiritual healing--United States--History--19th century.
Spiritual healing.
History.
United States.
Physical Description:
xiv, 269 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Place of Publication:
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007.
Contents:
A thorn in the flesh : pain, illness, and religion in mid-nineteenth-century America
Resisting resignation : the rise of religious healing in the late-nineteenth century
Acting faith : the devotional ethics and gendered dynamics of divine healing
The use of means : divine healing as devotional practice
Houses of healing : sacred space, social geography, and gender in divine healing
The Lord for the body, the gospel for the nations : divine healing and social reform.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [241]-259) and index.
ISBN:
9780801886867
0801886864
OCLC:
85899018

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