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The course of God's providence : religion, health, and the body in early America /
"This book tells the story of religion and medicine in the eighteenth-century Atlantic world. It rejects simplistic frameworks of secularization and enlightenment and emphasizes, instead, continuing and powerful Protestant ideas of God's oversight in shaping and motivating human activity i...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
New York University Press,
[2021]
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| Colección: | North American religions.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "This book tells the story of religion and medicine in the eighteenth-century Atlantic world. It rejects simplistic frameworks of secularization and enlightenment and emphasizes, instead, continuing and powerful Protestant ideas of God's oversight in shaping and motivating human activity in the realms of narrative, medicine, missions, charity, and maternity"-- |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiv, 265 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1479806749 9781479806720 1479806722 9781479806744 |