Faith in the Great Physician : Suffering and Divine Healing in American Culture, 1860–1900 /

Curtis, Heather D.

Faith in the Great Physician : Suffering and Divine Healing in American Culture, 1860–1900 / Heather D. Curtis. - 1 online resource (288 pages): ill. ; - Book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-259) and index.

A thorn in the flesh : pain, illness, and religion in mid-nineteenth-century America -- Resisting resignation : the rise of religious healing in the late-nineteenth century -- Acting faith : the devotional ethics and gendered dynamics of divine healing -- The use of means : divine healing as devotional practice -- Houses of healing : sacred space, social geography, and gender in divine healing -- The Lord for the body, the gospel for the nations : divine healing and social reform.

Open Access

9781421429281




Religion and Psychology--United States.
History, 19th Century--United States.
Faith Healing--history--United States.
Spiritual healing--History--United States--19th century.


Electronic books.

BT732.5 / .C88 2007

234/.131097309034