The Course of God's Providence : Religion, Health, and the Body in Early America /

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"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
Autor principal: Koch, Philippa (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : New York University Press, [2021]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Medicine > Religious aspects > Christianity
Medicine
Health > Religious aspects > Christianity
RELIGION > Christianity > History.
Health > Religious aspects > Christianity > History > 18th century.
Medicine > United States > History > 18th century.
Medicine > Religious aspects > Christianity > History > 18th century.
United States
United States > Church history > 18th century.
History
Church history
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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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"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource: illustrations
ISBN:9781479806744

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