Essential Readings in Medicine and Religion
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| Rating | : | 4.96 (733 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1421422905 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 296 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-06-01 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
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 Introduction, Science and Religion: A Hist
This book is a useful introduction for all students of history, divinity, medicine, and health.. Lomperis have gathered a rich collection of annotated primary sources that illustrate the intersection of medicine and religion. Gary B. Ferngren and Ekaterina N. Modern translations, some of which have been made especially for this volume, are used whenever possible. Intended as a companion volume to Ferngren’s classic Medicine and Religion, which traces the history of the relationship of medicine to religion in the Western world from the earliest ancient Near Eastern s
"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 for the care and expertise with which the wide variety of selections has been compiled and informed." (Michael A