{"product_id":"medicine-and-religion-a-historical-introduction-paperback","title":"Medicine and Religion: A Historical Introduction - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGary B. Ferngren\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExplores the interplay of medicine and religion in Western societies.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMedicine and Religion\u003c\/i\u003e is the first book to comprehensively examine the relationship between medicine and religion in the Western tradition from ancient times to the modern era. Beginning with the earliest attempts to heal the body and account for the meaning of illness in the ancient Near East, historian Gary B. Ferngren describes how the polytheistic religions of ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, and Rome and the monotheistic faiths of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam have complemented medicine in the ancient, medieval, and modern periods.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFerngren paints a broad and detailed portrait of how humans throughout the ages have drawn on specific values of diverse religious traditions in caring for the body. Religious perspectives have informed both the treatment of disease and the provision of health care. And, while tensions have sometimes existed, relations between medicine and religion have often been cooperative and mutually beneficial. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReligious beliefs provided a framework for explaining disease and suffering that was larger than medicine alone could offer. These beliefs furnished a theological basis for a compassionate care of the sick that led to the creation of the hospital and a long tradition of charitable medicine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eMedicine and Health Care in Early Christianity\u003c\/i\u003e, by Gary B. Ferngren\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This fine work looks forward as well as backward; it invites fuller reflection of the many senses in which medicine and religion intersect and merits wide readership.\"--\u003ci\u003eJAMA\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An important book, for students of Christian theology who understand health and healing to be topics of theological interest, and for health care practitioners who seek a historical perspective on the development of the ethos of their vocation.\"--\u003ci\u003eJournal of Religion and Health\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGary B. Ferngren\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of history at Oregon State University, editor of \u003ci\u003eScience and Religion: A Historical Introduction, \u003c\/i\u003e and author of \u003ci\u003eMedicine and Health Care in Early Christianity\u003c\/i\u003e, both published by Johns Hopkins.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.58 x 8.94 x 6.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 19, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47689329508611,"sku":"9781421412160","price":62.65,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/9310\/7359\/files\/c2tROHpwOThJdlZ3dDJxQlFaemdDdz09.webp?v=1769568918","url":"https:\/\/annizon.com\/en-at\/products\/medicine-and-religion-a-historical-introduction-paperback","provider":"annizon.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}