Madness : American Protestant reactions to mental illness across three centuries /

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Main Author: Vacek, Heather H., 1969- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Waco, Texas : Baylor University Press, [2015]
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Table of Contents:
  • Making theological sense out of suffering, sin, and sickness / Cotton Mather
  • Christian vocation and the shape the secular profession / Benjamin Rush
  • Advocating for the helpless, forgotten, and insane / Dorothea Dix
  • Reclaiming religious authority in medicine / Anton Boisen
  • A passionate plea to engage finds lukewarm reaction / Karl Menninger.