Christian Science on trial : religious healing in America / Rennie B. Schoepflin.

Author/Creator:

Schoepflin, Rennie B.

Publication:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003.

Series:

Medicine, science, and religion in historical context

Format/Description:

Book
301 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subjects:

Christian Science -- History.
Medicine -- Religious aspects -- Christian Science -- History.
Medical care -- Law and legislation -- United States.

Contents:

The world of Christian Science healers. Mary Baker Eddy: patient, healer, teacher
Becoming a practitioner and teacher
"Occasions for hope": patients and practitioners
Separating "true" Scientists from "pseudo" Scientists
Christian Science healers and the world. Physicians debate Christian Science
Therapeutic choice or religious liberty?
Public health and the protection of children
Century of promise, then peril.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-292) and index.

ISBN:

0801870577 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

48691371

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