Prescribing faith : medicine, media, and religion in American culture / Claire Hoertz Badaracco.
Badaracco, Claire.
2007
BL65.M4 B33 2007 (Mapit)
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Title
Prescribing faith : medicine, media, and religion in American culture / Claire Hoertz Badaracco.
Author
Badaracco, Claire.
ISBN
9781932792898 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1932792899 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Publication Details
Waco, Tex. : Baylor University Press, c2007.
Language
English
Description
xii, 264 p. : ill., port ; 23 cm.
Call Number
BL65.M4 B33 2007
Dewey Decimal Classification
201/.6610973
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-247) and index.
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Acknowledgments
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Introduction
1. "Man's accidents are God's purposes" : Harvard and heroic cures
2. Launching a scientific religion : Christian science and the book
3. Measuring prayer : scientific models of religion
4. Belief and wellness : medical pluralism and healing
5. The medicated public square : advertising science
Conclusion
Notes
Selected readings
Index.

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