Prescribing faith : medicine, media, and religion in American culture /
Badaracco, Claire.
Prescribing faith : medicine, media, and religion in American culture / Claire Hoertz Badaracco. - Waco, Tex. : Baylor University Press, c2007. - xii, 264 p. : ill., port ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-247) and index.
Acknowledgments -- Figures -- Introduction -- "Man's accidents are God's purposes" : Harvard and heroic cures -- Launching a scientific religion : Christian science and the book -- Measuring prayer : scientific models of religion -- Belief and wellness : medical pluralism and healing -- medicated public square : advertising science -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Selected readings -- Index. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. The
9781932792898 (alk. paper) 1932792899 (alk. paper)
2007026451
101321610 DNLM
Medicine--Religious aspects.
Alternative medicine--History.--United States
Spiritual healing--History.--United States
Mass media--Religious aspects.
Health in mass media.
BL65.M4 / B33 2007
Prescribing faith : medicine, media, and religion in American culture / Claire Hoertz Badaracco. - Waco, Tex. : Baylor University Press, c2007. - xii, 264 p. : ill., port ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-247) and index.
Acknowledgments -- Figures -- Introduction -- "Man's accidents are God's purposes" : Harvard and heroic cures -- Launching a scientific religion : Christian science and the book -- Measuring prayer : scientific models of religion -- Belief and wellness : medical pluralism and healing -- medicated public square : advertising science -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Selected readings -- Index. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. The
9781932792898 (alk. paper) 1932792899 (alk. paper)
2007026451
101321610 DNLM
Medicine--Religious aspects.
Alternative medicine--History.--United States
Spiritual healing--History.--United States
Mass media--Religious aspects.
Health in mass media.
BL65.M4 / B33 2007