Essential Readings in Medicine and Religion
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| Rating | : | 4.29 (514 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1421422905 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 296 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-03-22 |
| Language | : | English |
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"This useful, well-edited anthology of important texts in the history of the intersection of religion and medicine will serve as a valuable resource to future religious leaders, clinicians, and scholars." (Warren Kinghorn, MD, ThD, Duke University Medical Center and Duke Divinity School)"An excellent supplement for students which will enhance the narrative of Ferngren's Medicine and Religion. Flannery, author of Civil War Pharmacy: A History of Drugs, Drug Supply and Provision, and Therapeutics for the Union and Confederacy) . Instructors will be grateful fo
Ferngren and Ekaterina N. Gary B. Lomperis have gathered a rich collection of annotated primary sources that illustrate the intersection of medicine and religion. The texts are numbered sequentially within each chapter and preceded by a short introduction to both the author and the subject.Touching on Mesopotamia, Egypt, Israel, Greece, Rome, the European Middle Ages, Islam, early modern Europe, and the modern era, Essential Readings in Medicine and Religion brings a wide range of sources together to expand on the crucial lessons of Medicine and Religion. Modern translations, some of which have been made especially for this volume, are used whenever possible. Each chapter begins with an introduction that furnishes a basic historical setting f
Ekaterina N. Ferngren is a professor of history at Oregon State University and a professor of the history of medicine at First Moscow State Medical University. Lomperis is a PhD candidate in theology at the University of Chicago and a junior fellow at the Martin Marty Center for the Advanced Study of Religion.. He is the author of Medicine and Religion: A Historical Introduc