Title Faith in the great physician : suffering and divine healing in American culture, 1860-1900 / Heather D. Curtis

Published Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 269 pages) : illustrations Series Lived religions Lived religions. 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 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 Analysis "Multi-User" Notes OldControl:muse9781421402017 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-259) and index Notes Print version record Subject Spiritual healing -- United States -- History -- 19th century Psychology and religion. Faith Healing -- history History, 19th Century Religion and Psychology Psychology and religion Spiritual healing Evangelikale Bewegung Leid Glaubensheilung Geistheilung. Glaubensheilung. Evangelikale Bewegung. SUBJECT United States https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014481 Subject United States USA USA. Genre/Form dictionaries. History Dictionaries. Dictionnaires. Form Electronic book ISBN 9781421402017 1421402017

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