Author: Gary B. Ferngren
Edition: 1
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 0801891426
Medicine and Health Care in Early Christianity
Drawing on New Testament studies and recent scholarship on the expansion of the Christian church, Gary B. Medical books Medicine and Health Care in Early Christianity. Ferngren presents a comprehensive historical account of medicine and medical philanthropy in the first five centuries of the Christian era.
Ferngren first describes how early Christians understood disease. He examines the relationship of early Christian medicine to the natural and supernatural modes of healing found in the Bible. Despite biblical accounts of demonic possession and miraculous healing, Ferngren argues that early Christians generally accepted naturalistic assumptions about disease and cared for the sick with medical knowledge gleaned from the Greeks and Romans Medical books Medicine And Health Care In Early Christianity Ferngren, Gary B.. age level from 17 author gary b ferngren format hardback language english publication year 29 05 2009 subject religion subject 2 religion comparative general reference title medicine and health care in early christianity author ferngren gary b publisher johns hopkins univ pr publication date apr 23 2009 pages 264 binding hardcover edition 1 st dimensions 6 10 wx 8 80 hx 1 00 d isbn 0801891426 subject medical history description medicine and health care in early christianity is essential readin
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Medical Book Medicine and Health Care in Early Christianity
Ferngren presents a comprehensive historical account of medicine and medical philanthropy in the first five centuries of the Christian era.
Ferngren first describes how early Christians understood disease. He examines the relationship of early Christian medicine to the natural and supernatural modes of healing found in the Bible. Despite biblical accounts of demonic possession and miraculous healing, Ferngren argues that early Christians generally accepted naturalistic assumptions about disease and cared for the sick with medical knowledge gleaned from the Greeks and Romans.
Ferngren next explores the origins of medical philanthropy in the early Christian church. Rather than viewing illness as punishment for sins, early Christians believed that the sick deserved both medical assistance and compassion. Even as they were being persecuted, Christians cared for the sick both within and outside of their community. Their long experience in medical charity led to the creation of the first hospitals, a singular Christian contribution to health care.
Medicine and Health Care in Early Christianity is essential reading for scholars and students in the history of medicine and religious studies.
