Miracle cures: saints, pilgrimage, and the healing powers of belief
Robert A. Scott
Miracle cures: saints, pilgrimage, and the healing powers of belief
Author
Robert A. ScottPublisher
University of California PressEdition 1
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Title and Author
Miracle cures: saints, pilgrimage, and the healing powers of belief / Robert A. ScottPublication Details
برکلی : University of California Press، 2010مPhysical Description
xxix, 235 p.: ill., map ; 23 cm.Subject
Spiritual healingHealing Religious aspects -- Christianity
Miracles
Spiritual Therapies
Christianity
Religion and Medicine
Spirituality
Language
انگلیسیIncludes bibliographical references )p. 702-522( and index.
Contents
Prologue -- Appealing to saints for miracles. Life in the Middle Ages -- Saints -- Apparitions -- Pilgrimage and shrines -- Saints and healing. Disease -- The role stress in illness -- Belief, hope, and healing -- Framing, confessing, and healing -- Coda -- Appendix A: Accounts of miracles at medieval shrines