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Medicine, religion, and the body / edited by Elizabeth Burns Coleman and Kevin White. - Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010. - 1 online resource (xii, 297 pages) - International studies in religion and society, v. 11 1573-4293 ; . - International studies in religion and society ; 11. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- 1. The Social and Spiritual Body -- 2. Negotiating Medicine, Healing and Religious Belief -- 3. Virtue, Health and the State -- Bibliography -- Index.

This book develops an interdiscplinary as well as cross cultural and historical analyses of the relationship between medicine, religion, and the body.

ISBN: 9789047444008 9047444000 1282951165 9781282951167

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Medicine--Religious aspects
Human body--Religious aspects
Human Body.
Religion and Medicine.
RELIGION--Christianity--General.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT--Gaia & Earth Energies.
Human body--Religious aspects.
Medicine--Religious aspects.
Heilung
Körper
Kulturvergleich
Religion
Medizin
Geistheilung
Leiblichkeit

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books

LC Class. No.: BL65.M4 / M43 2010eb

Dewey Class. No.: 201/.661

National Library of Medicine Call No.: 2010 B-673 BL 65.M4 / M4896 2010