Spirits of Protestantism medicine, healing, and liberal Christianity / [electronic resource] :
Medicine, healing, and liberal Christianity
Pamela E. Klassen.
- Berkeley : University of California Press, c2011.
- 1 online resource (xxix, 316 p.) : ill.
- The anthropology of Christianity ; 13 .
- Anthropology of Christianity ; 13. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction. Healing Christians -- Anthropologies of the spiritual body -- The gospel of health and the scientific spirit -- Protestant experimentalists and the energy of love -- Evil spirits and queer psyches in an age of anxiety -- Ritual proximity and the healing of history -- Conclusion. Critical condition.
Healing--Religious aspects--Protestant churches. Protestantism--History.--North America Protestant churches--History.--North America Liberalism (Religion)--History.--North America RELIGION / Christian Theology / Soteriology