Faith in the Great Physician Suffering and Divine Healing in American Culture, 1860–1900 / Heather D. Curtis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Curtis, Heather D.

Series:

Lived Religions

Lived religions

Lived religions Faith in the great physician

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychology and religion--United States.

Psychology and religion.

United States--History--19th century.

United States.

Spiritual healing--history--United States.

Spiritual healing.

Spiritual healing--United States--History--19th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 269 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Tells the story of how participants in the evangelical divine healing movement of the late nineteenth century transformed the ways Americans coped with physical affliction and pursued bodily health. Examining the politics of sickness, health, and healing during this period, Heather D. Curtis encourages critical reflection on the theological, cultural, and social forces that come into play when one questions the purpose of suffering and the possibility of healing.

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:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-259) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4214-0201-7

OCLC:

794701426

Access Restriction:

Open Access Unrestricted online access