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Author
Badaracco, Claire.
Title
Prescribing faith : medicine, media, and religion in American culture / Claire Hoertz Badaracco.
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Waco, Tex. : Baylor University Press, c2007.
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Axe 3rd Floor Stacks
201.661 B14p 2007
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Description
xii, 264 p. : ill., port ; 23 cm.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-247) and index.
Contents
Acknowledgments -- Figures -- Introduction -- 1. "Man's accidents are God's purposes" : Harvard and heroic cures -- 2. Launching a scientific religion : Christian science and the book -- 3. Measuring prayer : scientific models of religion -- 4. Belief and wellness : medical pluralism and healing -- 5. The medicated public square : advertising science -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Selected readings -- Index.
Subject
Complementary Therapies -- history -- United States.
History, 19th Century -- United States.
History, 20th Century -- United States.
History, 21st Century -- United States.
Mass Media -- history -- United States.
Religion and Medicine -- United States.
Spiritual Therapies -- history -- United States.
Medicine -- Religious aspects.
Alternative medicine -- United States -- History.
Spiritual healing -- United States -- History.
Mass media -- Religious aspects.
Health in mass media.
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9781932792898 (alk. paper)
1932792899 (alk. paper)
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NLM 101321610
AU@ 000042333880
IG# 9781932792898
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