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Health/medicine and the faith traditions : an inquiry into religion and medicine / edited by Martin E. Marty and Kenneth L. Vaux. - xii, 350 p. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references

Foreword --
Introduction --

Part one: the sociocultural context --
1. Tradition and the traditions in health/medicine and religion --
2. The intertwining of religion and health/medicine in culture: a view through the disciplines --

Part two: the historical setting --
3. Medicine and religion: Pre-Christian antiquity --
4. Medicine and religion: early Christianity through the middle ages --
5. Medicine and Christianity in the modern world --

Part three: A philosophical perspective --
6. Understanding faith traditions in the context of health care: philosophy as a guide for the perplexed --

Part four: theological perspectives --
7. Topics at the interface of medicine and theology --
8. Theological foundations of medical ethics --

Part five: medical perspective s--
9. Preventive medicine and religion: opportunities and obstacles --
10. Religion and medicine: the physician's perspective --


Part six: Pastoral perspectives --
11. Religion and medicine: the physician's perspective --
12. The hospital chaplain between worlds

ISBN: 0800616367

LCCN: Acc#21430

Subjects--Topical Terms:
MEDICINE AND CHRISTIANITY--ADDRESSES, ESSAYS, LECTURES
PASTORAL MEDICINE--ADDRESSES, ESSAYS, LECTURES
MEDICAL ETHICS--ADDRESSES, ESSAYS, LECTURES

LC Class. No.: BT 732 / H349 1982