North American Religions. The Course of God’s Providence : : Religion, Health, and the Body in Early America / / Philippa Koch.
Shows that a religious understanding of illness and health persisted well into post-Enlightenment early AmericaThe COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated the power of narrative during times of sickness and disease. As Americans strive to find meaning amid upheaval and loss, some consider the nature of G...
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2021] ©2021 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | North American Religions
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource :; 11 b/w illustration |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Figures
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1 Wholesome Words Sickness and Narrative in Protestant Pastoral Manuals
- 2 Writing Sickness, Witnessing Providence Letters, Journals, and Memoirs of the Atlantic World
- 3 Experience and the Soul in Eighteenth- Century Medicine
- 4 Providence and Benevolence in Philadelphia’s Yellow Fever Epidemic
- 5 Medicine, Providence, and Nature in Eighteenth- Century Maternity
- Epilogue
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Index
- About the Author