The resurrected body
Religious healing as experience and practice
Scientific approaches to hope and healing
Ancient theories of natural healing
The placebo concept and its limitations
Healing in relation to the person of Christ
Jesus, exorcist and healer
The problem of miracles
The centrality of miracles in Mark
The Jewish background of Jesus' life and work
Exorcism at the core of Jesus' healing work
Healing in early Christianity
Imperial context
Christian nursing
Healing as victory over evil
Baptism
Paul on human embodiment of Christ
Healing as counterweight to philosophical idealism
Early Christian medicine
Healing in medieval Christianity
Healing powers of saints
The superiority of Christian miracles
Orthodox medicine and philanthropy
Icons as agents of healing
Healing in the context of monastic life
Penance as a form of healing
Baptism as protective seal
Exorcism
The Eucharist
Exploring human suffering
Healing in early modern Christianity
Condemnations of the cult of saints and their healing powers
Modernizing the cure of souls
"Sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought"
Catholic reforms
Healthcare and hospitals
Early modern medicine
The modernization of Christian healing
Healing in western Christianity's global expansion
The politicization of Christian healing
New indigenous forms of Christian healing
Missionary influence in American Indian religious movements
Revolutionary impact in China
Spiritual in Africa
Healing as reconciliation
Christianity and the global development of scientific medicine
Medical missions
Scientific medicine in missionary outreach
Medical missions in Africa
Medical science and colonialism
Medical missions in China
Religious and scientific healing in the context of political change
Christian healing in the shadow of modern technology and science
The power of prayer
Electricity as a way of thinking about spiritual power
Sources and development of Wesley's thought
Sources of Pentecostal healing
Sister Aimee
Pentecostal healing as a global phenomenon
Spiritualist influences
Catholic devotion to miracles in the age of science
Christian healing as response to suffering.
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Healing in the history of Christianity by Amanda Porterfield. ISBN 0195157184. Published by Oxford University Press in 2005. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
