Medicine, Theology and Wellness in Britain from the Enlightenment to Modernity.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Scholl, Lesa, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medicine--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Medicine.

Mind and body--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Mind and body.

Nutrition--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Nutrition.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (226 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), 2025.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2025.

System Details:

text file HTML

Summary:

Exploring the ways nineteenth-century medicine and theology co-created modern perceptions of the impact of nutrition on mental health and wellness, this book examines the relationship of the body to the soul.

Contents:

Introduction: Healthy Bodies, Healthy Souls 1: Revolutionary Uprising, Industrialisation, and Nutritional Change 2: Anglican Revivals, Natural Theology, and the Physical Sciences 3: Well-Being, the Social Soul, and the Rise of Public Health 4: Eco-Theology and Ethical Eating 5: Returning to Fragments: Modernism, Decadence, and Disease Conclusion: Moral and Physical Discomfort Bibliography Index

ISBN:

1-350-41093-4

1-350-41092-6

OCLC:

1520506709