saints, pilgrimage, and the healing powers of belief Scott, Robert A. 1935- creator text bibliography Electronic books. cau Berkeley, Calif University of California Press c2010 2010 monographic eng

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1 online resource (xxix, 235 p.) : ill., map. 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. 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. Robert A. Scott. Includes bibliographical references and index. Spiritual healing Healing Religious aspects Christianity Miracles RELIGION / Christian Theology / General BT732.5 .S34 2010eb 231.7/3 Scott, Robert A., 1935- Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, c2010 (DLC) 2009037269 (OCoLC)436946022 9780520946200 (electronic bk.) 0520946200 (electronic bk.) 276401 MIL http://public.eblib.com/EBLPublic/PublicView.do?ptiID=547597 http://site.ebrary.com/id/10395752 http://lib.myilibrary.com?id=276401 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=547365 http://public.eblib.com/EBLPublic/PublicView.do?ptiID=547597 http://site.ebrary.com/id/10395752 http://lib.myilibrary.com?id=276401 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=547365 YDXCP 100707 20200709055744.0 ocn646576238 eng