The course of God's providence : religion, health, and the body in early America / Philippa Koch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Koch, Philippa, author.

Series:

North American religions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medicine--Religious aspects--Christianity--History--18th century.

Medicine.

Medicine--United States--History--18th century.

Health--Religious aspects--Christianity.

History.

Medicine--Religious aspects--Christianity.

United States.

Health--Religious aspects--Christianity--History--18th century.

Health.

United States--Church history--18th century.

Church history.

Genre:

Church history.

History.

Physical Description:

xiv, 265 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press, [2021]

Summary:

"This book tells the story of religion and medicine in the eighteenth-century Atlantic world. It rejects simplistic frameworks of secularization and enlightenment and emphasizes, instead, continuing and powerful Protestant ideas of God's oversight in shaping and motivating human activity in the realms of narrative, medicine, missions, charity, and maternity"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1 Wholesome Words: Sickness and Narrative in Protestant Pastoral Manuals p. 21

2 Writing Sickness, Witnessing Providence: Letters, Journals, and Memoirs of the Atlantic World p. 55

3 Experience and the Soul in Eighteenth-Century Medicine p. 87

4 Providence and Benevolence in Philadelphia's Yellow Fever Epidemic p. 121

5 Medicine, Providence, and Nature in Eighteenth-Century Maternity p. 154.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Koch, Philippa, The course of God's providence

ISBN:

9781479806683

1479806684

OCLC:

1192305586

Publisher Number:

99987278189