
Faith in the Great Physician : Suffering and Divine Healing in American Culture, 1860-1900
by Curtis, Heather D.Buy Used
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Author Biography
Heather D. Curtis is an assistant professor of the history of Christianity and American religion at Tufts University.
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations | p. ix |
Acknowledgments | p. xi |
Introduction | p. 1 |
A Thorn in the Flesh: Pain, Illness, and Religion in Mid-Nineteenth-Century America | p. 26 |
Resisting Resignation: The Rise of Religions Healing in the Late Nineteenth Century | p. 51 |
Acting Faith: The Devotional Ethics and Gendered Dynamics of Divine Healing | p. 81 |
The Use of Means: Divine Healing as Devotional Practice | p. 109 |
Houses of Healing: Sacred Space, Social Geography, and Gender in Divine Healing | p. 139 |
The Lord for the Body, the Gospel for the Nations: Divine Healing and Social Reform | p. 167 |
Conclusion | p. 192 |
Notes | p. 211 |
Bibliography | p. 241 |
Index | p. 261 |
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