Prophetess of health
Subtitle: Ellen G. White and the origins of Seventh-day Adventist health reform
By: Ronald L. Numbers.
Edition: 3rd ed.
Series: Library of religious biography
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Pub. Co.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Grand Rapids, Mich
Language: eng
Number of pages: 417
ISBN-13: 9780802803955
Subjects: White, Ellen Gould Harmon, -- 1827-1915; Women health reformers -- United States -- Biography; Diet; Hydrotherapy; Medicine -- Religious aspects
Description: "Historian of science Ronald Numbers here examines one of the most influential, yet least examined, religious leaders in American history - Ellen G. White, the enigmatic visionary who founded the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Numbers scrutinizes While's life (1827-1915), from her teenage visions and testimonies to her extensive advice on health reform, which influenced the direction of Adventism."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface to the third edition; title: Preface to the revised edition; title: Preface to the first edition; title: Introduction: The historian as heretic / by Jonathan M. Butler; title: A prophetess is born; title: In sickness and in health; title: The health reformers; title: Dansville days; title: The western health reform institute; title: Short skirts and sex; title: Whatsoever ye eat or drink; title: Fighting the good fight; title: Afterword: Ellen Ehite on the mind and the mind of Ellen White / by Ronald L. Numbers and Janet S. Numbers.