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Vacek, Heather H., 1969- author.

Title Madness : American Protestant reactions to mental illness across three centuries / Heather H. Vacek.

Publication Info.	Waco, Texas : Baylor University Press, [2015]
	2015

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe ProQuest E-Book	Electronic Book	---	Available

Description	1 online resource (284 pages)
	text rdacontent
	computer rdamedia
	online resource rdacarrier
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Making theological sense out of suffering, sin, and sickness / Cotton Mather -- Christian vocation and the shape the secular profession / Benjamin Rush -- Advocating for the helpless, forgotten, and insane / Dorothea Dix -- Reclaiming religious authority in medicine / Anton Boisen -- A passionate plea to engage finds lukewarm reaction / Karl Menninger.
Note	Description based on print version record.
Subject	Mental illness -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
	Protestantism -- United States -- History.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: Vacek, Heather H. Madness : American Protestant reactions to mental illness across three centuries. Waco, Texas : Baylor University Press, [2015] 9781481300575
ISBN	9781481300575 (hardback : alk. paper)
	9781481300599 (electronic bk.)