{"product_id":"healing-gods-candy-gunther-brown-9780199985784","title":"Healing Gods: Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Christian America","description":"The question typically asked about complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is whether it works. However, an issue of equal or greater significance is why it is supposed to work. \u003cem\u003eThe Healing Gods: Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Christian America\u003c\/em\u003e explains how and why CAM entered the American biomedical mainstream and won cultural acceptance, even among evangelical and other theologically conservative Christians, despite its ties to non-Christian religions and the lack of scientific evidence of its efficacy and safety. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBefore the 1960s, most of the practices Candy Gunther Brown considers-yoga, chiropractic, acupuncture, Reiki, Therapeutic Touch, meditation, martial arts, homeopathy, anticancer diets-were dismissed as medically and religiously questionable. These once-suspect health practices gained approval as they were re-categorized as non-religious (though generically spiritual) health-care, fitness, or scientific techniques. Although CAM claims are similar to religious claims, CAM gained cultural legitimacy because people interpret it as science instead of religion. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHolistic health care raises ethical and legal questions of informed consent, consumer protection, and religious establishment at the center of biomedical ethics, tort law, and constitutional law. \u003cem\u003eThe Healing Gods \u003c\/em\u003econfronts these issues, getting to the heart of values such as personal autonomy, self-determination, religious equality, and religious voluntarism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Candy Gunther Brown\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0199985782\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780199985784\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/29\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.30w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristianity Today\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2013 pg. 73\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2014","brand":"Candy Gunther Brown","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43996715319551,"sku":"9780199985784","price":53.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e8318ee2-b1aa-4f8e-801a-ba646ec74a08.jpg?v=1683343275","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/healing-gods-candy-gunther-brown-9780199985784","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}