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Christian Science on trial : religious healing in America /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schoepflin, Rennie B.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003.
Series:Medicine, science, and religion in historical context.
Subjects:
Christian Science > History.
Medicine > Religious aspects > Christian Science > History.
Medical care > Law and legislation > United States.
Table of Contents:
  • The world of Christian Science healers. Mary Baker Eddy: patient, healer, teacher
  • Becoming a practitioner and teacher
  • "Occasions for hope": patients and practitioners
  • Separating "true" Scientists from "pseudo" Scientists
  • Christian Science healers and the world. Physicians debate Christian Science
  • Therapeutic choice or religious liberty?
  • Public health and the protection of children
  • Century of promise, then peril.