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24 Νοε 2009 · The militancy of early Christian Fathers against pagan medicine was to counter claims of healing associated with gods (notably Asclepius); these theologians either praised or at least tolerated physicians whose skills could relieve pain, injury, and disease.
This book would be of great interest to any Christian physician or health-care professional who is interested in learning more about medicine at the time of Christ and its impact on Christianity and, perhaps more importantly, Christianity's impact on the care of the ill.
7 Ιαν 2022 · 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
ranging interdisciplinary study, Helen Rhee examines the ways early Christians viewed illness, pain, and health care--and how they were influenced both by their own tradition and by the milieu of the larger ancient world.
This book provides an account of Christian healing and medical philanthropy during the first five centuries of the Christian era. Its author, Gary B. Ferngren, is a historian at Oregon State
23 Δεκ 2009 · Medicine and Health Care in Early Christianity is a succinct, thoughtful, well-written, and carefully argued assessment of Christian involvement with medical matters in the first 5 centuries of the common era.
A patient in a modern hospital, who refers to a nurse as ‘sister’, is creating a tacit echo of this ancient liason between religious beliefs and health care. In his book, Gary B. Ferngren traces the footprints of relations between Christianity and medicine from around the 2nd century C.E.
