Scott, Robert A.,  1935- <br/><br/>
Miracle cures  saints, pilgrimage, and the healing powers of belief /  [electronic resource] : 
Robert A. Scott. 
 - Berkeley, Calif. :  University of California Press,  c2010. 
 - 1 online resource (xxix, 235 p.) :  ill., map. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Prologue -- Appealing to saints for miracles -- Life in the Middle Ages -- Saints -- Apparitions -- Pilgrimage and shrines -- Saints and healing -- Disease -- The role stress in illness -- Belief, hope, and healing -- Framing, confessing, and healing -- Appendix A: Accounts of miracles at medieval shrines. 
<br/><br/> In this work, Scott explores the realities of religious healing. He inquires into the power of relics, apparitions, and the transformative nature of sacred journeying and shines new light on the roles belief, hope, and emotion can play in healing. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780520946200 (electronic bk.) 0520946200 (electronic bk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>9786612764011 
<br/><br/><label>Source: </label>276401  MIL 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Spiritual healing.<br/>Healing--Religious aspects--Christianity.<br/>Miracles.<br/>RELIGION / Christian Theology / General
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BT732.5  / .S34 2010eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>231.7/3