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The Lord for the body : religion, medicine, and Protestant faith healing in Canada, 1880-1930 / James Opp.

By: Series: McGill-Queen's studies in the history of religion. Series two ; ; 36.Publisher: Montreal ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2005]Copyright date: ©2005Description: 1 online resource (x, 274 pages) : illustrations, portraitsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780773574465 (electronic bk.)
  • 0773574468 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Lord for the bodyDDC classification:
  • 234/.1310882804 22
LOC classification:
  • BL65.M4 O67 2005eb
NLM classification:
  • 2006 J-198
  • WB 880
Online resources:
Contents:
Bodily knowledge -- The prayer of faith -- A respectable movement -- Marching to Zion -- Pentecostal power -- Revivals and reactions -- Exposing the body.
Review: "The Lord for the Body explores the ways constructions of the body, gender, and social space informed the cultural practice of Protestant faith healing in Canada. From newspaper accounts to criminal proceedings, James Opp traces the reactions of ministers, doctors, and state authorities, who denounced faith healing as dangerous to spiritual and physical health. Undaunted by such attacks, the faithful continued to seek healing through prayer, a practice that operated as a powerful devotional observance and a point of resistance to modern medicine."--BOOK JACKET.
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Limited edition of 350 copies.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [245]-265) and index.

"The Lord for the Body explores the ways constructions of the body, gender, and social space informed the cultural practice of Protestant faith healing in Canada. From newspaper accounts to criminal proceedings, James Opp traces the reactions of ministers, doctors, and state authorities, who denounced faith healing as dangerous to spiritual and physical health. Undaunted by such attacks, the faithful continued to seek healing through prayer, a practice that operated as a powerful devotional observance and a point of resistance to modern medicine."--BOOK JACKET.

Bodily knowledge -- The prayer of faith -- A respectable movement -- Marching to Zion -- Pentecostal power -- Revivals and reactions -- Exposing the body.

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