Health/medicine and the faith traditions : an inquiry into religion and medicine / edited by Martin E. Marty and Kenneth L. Vaux.
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TextPhiladelphia, PA : Fortress Press, ©1982Description: xii, 350 p. ; 23 cmISBN: - 0800616367
- BT 732 H349 1982
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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
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