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020			_a9781421412177
020			_a9781421412153
041			_aeng
100			_aFerngren, Gary B.
245		0	_aMedicine and religion :a historical introduction
260			_aBaltimore : _bJohns Hopkins University Press, _c2014
300			_a1 online resource (xii, 241 pages)
500			_aAlso issued in print: 2014.
520			_aMedicine 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.
520			_aonline resource
520			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
690			_aMedicine--Religious aspects--History.
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