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.
9781932792898 (alk. paper)
2007026451
Medicine--Religious aspects. Alternative medicine--History.--United States Spiritual healing--History.--United States Mass media--Religious aspects. Health in mass media.