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Prescribing faith : medicine, media, and religion in American culture /

Badaracco, Claire.

Prescribing faith : medicine, media, and religion in American culture / Claire Hoertz Badaracco. - Waco, Tex. : Baylor University Press, c2007. - xii, 264 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-247) and index.

Man's accidents are God's purposes? : Harvard and heroic cures -- Launching a scientific religion : Christian science and the book -- Measuring prayers : scientific models of religion -- Belief and wellness : medical pluralism and healing -- The medicated public square : advertising science.

ISBN: 9781932792898 (alk. paper)

LCCN: 2007026451

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Medicine--Religious aspects.
Alternative medicine--History.--United States
Spiritual healing--History.--United States
Mass media--Religious aspects.
Health in mass media.

LC Class. No.: BL65.M4 / B33 2007

Dewey Class. No.: 201/.6610973

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