Healing in the History of Christianity

1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-0-19-972994-4
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 228 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 380 g

Author is a well-known scholar of Christian history
The first book to examine healing in the entire sweep of Christian history

Amanda Porterfield offers a survey of ideas, rituals, and experiences of healing in Christian history. Jesus himself performed many miracles of healing, and Christians down the ages have seen this as a prominent feature of their faith. Indeed, healing is one of the most constant themes in the long and sprawling history of Christianity. Changes in healing beliefs and practices offer a window into changes in religious authority, church structure, and ideas about sanctity, history, resurrection, and the kingdom of God. Porterfield chronicles these changes, at the same time shedding important new light on the universality of religious healing. Finally, she looks at recent scientific findings about religion's biological effects, and considers the relation of these findings to ages-old traditions about belief and healing.

Zielgruppe

Students and scholars of church history, miracles, etc.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Porterfield, Amanda

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Sonstige Religionen Sonstige Religionen: Spiritualität, Mystik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
1.: Jesus, Exorcist and Healer
2.: Healing in Early Christianity
3.: Healing in Medieval Christianity
4.: Healing in Early Modern Christianity
5.: Healing in Western Christianity's Global Expansion
6.: Christianity and the Global Development of Scientific Medicine
7.: Christian Healing in the Shadow of Modern Technology and Science
Notes
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Amanda Porterfield, Robert A. Spivey Professor of Religion, Florida State University