Title: Faith in the great physician : suffering and divine healing in American culture, 1860-1900 /
Authors: Curtis, Heather D.
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press,
Year: 2007
Subjects: Faith Healing; Faith Healing history; History, 19th Century; Religion and Psychology; Spiritual healing United States History; United States; United States
Abstract: Tells the story of how participants in the evangelical divine healing movement of the late nineteenth century transformed the ways Americans coped with physical affliction and pursued bodily health. Examining the politics of sickness, health, and healing during this period, Heather D. Curtis encourages critical reflection on the theological, cultural, and social forces that come into play when one questions the purpose of suffering and the possibility of healing.
Contents: 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.