Curtis, Heather D,

Faith in the Great Physician Suffering and Divine Healing in American Culture, 1860-1900 / [print] Heather D. Curtis. - Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, (c)2007. - 1 online resource (xiv, 269 pages) : illustrations ; - Book collections on Project MUSE. .



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.

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Spiritual healing--History--United States--19th century.
Faith Healing--history--United States.
History, 19th Century--United States.
Religion and Psychology--United States.

BT732 BT732.P964.F358 2007