| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 265 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
North American religions |
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North American religions.
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| Contents |
Cover -- THE COURSE OF GOD'S PROVIDENCE -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- List of Figures -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Wholesome Words: Sickness and Narrative in Protestant Pastoral Manuals -- 2. Writing Sickness, Witnessing Providence: Letters, Journals, and Memoirs of the Atlantic World -- 3. Experience and the Soul in Eighteenth-Century Medicine -- 4. Providence and Benevolence in Philadelphia's Yellow Fever Epidemic -- 5. Medicine, Providence, and Nature in Eighteenth-Century Maternity -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index -- About the Author |
| 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 20, 2021) |
| Subject |
Medicine -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History -- 18th century
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Medicine -- United States -- History -- 18th century
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Health -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History -- 18th century
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RELIGION -- Christianity -- History.
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Health -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
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Medicine
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Medicine -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Church history -- 18th century.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh93009175
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| Subject |
United States
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| Genre/Form |
Church history
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2020033225 |
| ISBN |
1479806749 |
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9781479806720 |
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1479806722 |
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9781479806744 |
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