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Scott, Robert A., 1935-

Miracle cures : saints, pilgrimage, and the healing powers of belief / Robert A. Scott. - Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, (c)2010. - 1 online resource (xxix, 235 pages) : illustrations, map -

Includes bibliographies and index.

Prologue -- Appealing to saints for miracles -- Life in the Middle Ages -- Saints -- Apparitions -- Pilgrimage and shrines -- Saints and healing -- Disease -- The role stress in illness -- Belief, hope, and healing -- Framing, confessing, and healing -- Appendix A: Accounts of miracles at medieval shrines.

In this work, Scott explores the realities of religious healing. He inquires into the power of relics, apparitions, and the transformative nature of sacred journeying and shines new light on the roles belief, hope, and emotion can play in healing.



ISBN: 9780520946200

LCCN:

Nat. Bib. No.: GBB030511 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 101531887 DNLM 015494169 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Spiritual healing.
Healing--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Miracles.
Christianity.
Medicine--Religious aspects.
Spirituality.
Spiritual Therapies
Christianity
Religion and Medicine
Spirituality

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic Books.

LC Class. No.: BT732 / .M573 2010