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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Koch, Philippa (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : New York University Press, [2021]
Colección:North American religions.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • THE COURSE OF GOD'S PROVIDENCE
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • CONTENTS
  • List of Figures
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • 1. Wholesome Words: Sickness and Narrative in Protestant Pastoral Manuals
  • 2. Writing Sickness, Witnessing Providence: Letters, Journals, and Memoirs of the Atlantic World
  • 3. Experience and the Soul in Eighteenth-Century Medicine
  • 4. Providence and Benevolence in Philadelphia's Yellow Fever Epidemic
  • 5. Medicine, Providence, and Nature in Eighteenth-Century Maternity
  • Epilogue
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Index
  • About the Author