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.
9781421402017
Spiritual healing--History--United States--19th century. Faith Healing--history--United States. History, 19th Century--United States. Religion and Psychology--United States.