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Medicine and religion :a historical introduction

By:

Ferngren, Gary B

Language: English Publication details: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014Description: 1 online resource (xii, 241 pages)ISBN:

9781421412177
9781421412153

Subject(s):

Medicine--Religious aspects--History

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Summary: Medicine and Religion examines the relationship between medicine and religion in the Western tradition from ancient times to the modern era. Beginning with the earliest attempts to heal the body and account for the meaning of illness in the ancient Near East, historian Gary B. Ferngren describes how the polytheistic religions of ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, and Rome and the monotheistic faiths of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam have complemented medicine in the ancient, medieval, and modern periods. Ferngren paints a broad and detailed portrait of how humans throughout the ages have drawn on specific values of diverse religious traditions in caring for the body. Religious perspectives have informed both the treatment of disease and the provision of health care.Summary: online resourceSummary: Includes bibliographical references and index.

List(s) this item appears in: Barts Health - Inclusion and Diversity Collection

Holdings
Item type	Home library	Status
Electronic book	Newham Library (Barts Health) Online	Available
Electronic book	Royal London Library (Barts Health) Online	Available
Electronic book	St Bartholomew's Library (Barts Health) Online	Available
Electronic book	Whipps Cross Library (Barts Health) Online	Available

Also issued in print: 2014.

Medicine and Religion examines the relationship between medicine and religion in the Western tradition from ancient times to the modern era. Beginning with the earliest attempts to heal the body and account for the meaning of illness in the ancient Near East, historian Gary B. Ferngren describes how the polytheistic religions of ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, and Rome and the monotheistic faiths of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam have complemented medicine in the ancient, medieval, and modern periods. Ferngren paints a broad and detailed portrait of how humans throughout the ages have drawn on specific values of diverse religious traditions in caring for the body. Religious perspectives have informed both the treatment of disease and the provision of health care.

online resource

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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