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Healing in the History of Christianity

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Healing in the History of Christianity - Porterfield, Amanda
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Healing is one of the most constant themes in the long and sprawling history of Christianity. Changes in healing beliefs and practices offer a window into changes in religious authority, church structure, and ideas about sanctity, history, resurrection, and the kingdom of God. Porterfield chronicles these changes, at the same time shedding important new light on the universality of religious healing. Finally, she looks at recent scientific findings about religion's biological effects, and considers the relation of these ...

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Healing in the History of Christianity 2009, Oxford University Press, USA

ISBN-13: 9780199729944

Trade paperback

Healing in the History of Christianity 2005, Oxford University Press, USA, Oxford, England

ISBN-13: 9780195157185

Hardcover