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Madness : American Protestant reactions to mental illness across three centuries / Heather H. Vacek.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Vacek, Heather H., 1969- author.
- Series:
- Studies in Religion, Theology, and Disability
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mental illness--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- Mental illness.
- Protestantism--United States--History.
- Protestantism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (284 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Waco, Texas : Baylor University Press, [2015]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A history of Protestant responses to mental illness from the colonial era to the present
- Contents:
- Making theological sense out of suffering, sin, and sickness / Cotton Mather
- Christian vocation and the shape the secular profession / Benjamin Rush
- Advocating for the helpless, forgotten, and insane / Dorothea Dix
- Reclaiming religious authority in medicine / Anton Boisen
- A passionate plea to engage finds lukewarm reaction / Karl Menninger.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781481304504
- 148130450X
- 9781481300599
- 1481300598
- OCLC:
- 914434944
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