Medicine and religion : a historical introduction /
Ferngren, Gary B
Medicine and religion : a historical introduction / Medicine & religion Gary B. Ferngren. - Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014 - 1 online resource (xii, 241 pages)
Also issued in print: 2014. Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on print version record.
Article Abstract: Medicine 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.
1421412179 9781421412177
Medicine - Religious aspects - History
BL65.M4
Medicine and religion : a historical introduction / Medicine & religion Gary B. Ferngren. - Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014 - 1 online resource (xii, 241 pages)
Also issued in print: 2014. Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on print version record.
Article Abstract: Medicine 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.
1421412179 9781421412177
Medicine - Religious aspects - History
BL65.M4