Medicine and health care in early Christianity /Gary B. Ferngren.
Description
Methods and approaches -- The Christian reception of Greek medicine -- Early Christian views of the etiology of disease -- Christianity as a religion of healing -- The basis of Christian medical philanthropy -- Health care in the early church -- Some concluding observations.
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Book Details
Place Published
City
Baltimore
Date Published
2009
Publication Subjects
Medicine--History--To 1500.
Medicine--Religious aspects--History--To 1500.
Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
Christianity--history.
Religion and Medicine.
Delivery of Health Care--history.
History, Ancient.