{"product_id":"essential-readings-in-medicine-and-gary-b-ferngren-9781421422909","title":"Essential Readings in Medicine and Religion","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn indispensible collection of sources chronicling the relationship between medicine and religion from ancient to modern times.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGary B. Ferngren and Ekaterina N. Lomperis have gathered a rich collection of annotated primary sources that illustrate the intersection of medicine and religion. Intended as a companion volume to Ferngren's classic \u003ci\u003eMedicine and Religion\u003c\/i\u003e, which traces the history of the relationship of medicine to religion in the Western world from the earliest ancient Near Eastern societies to the twenty-first century, this useful and extensive sourcebook places each key document in historical context.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing from more than 160 texts, the book explores a number of themes, including concepts of health, the causes and cure of disease, medical ethics, theodicy, beneficence, religious healing, consolation, and death and dying. Each chapter begins with an introduction that furnishes a basic historical setting for the period covered. Modern translations, some of which have been made especially for this volume, are used whenever possible. The texts are numbered sequentially within each chapter and preceded by a short introduction to both the author and the subject.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTouching on Mesopotamia, Egypt, Israel, Greece, Rome, the European Middle Ages, Islam, early modern Europe, and the modern era, \u003ci\u003eEssential Readings in Medicine and Religion\u003c\/i\u003e brings a wide range of sources together to expand on the crucial lessons of \u003ci\u003eMedicine and Religion\u003c\/i\u003e. This book is a useful introduction for all students of history, divinity, medicine, and health.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gary B. Ferngren,Ekaterina N. Lomperis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1421422905\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781421422909\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.70d","brand":"Gary B. Ferngren","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48873258942719,"sku":"9781421422909","price":35.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/essential-readings-in-medicine-and-gary-b-ferngren-9781421422909","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}