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- catalog abstract ""In Christian Science on Trial, historian Rennie B. Schoepflin shows how Christian Science healing became a viable alternative to medicine at the end of the nineteenth century. Christian Scientists did not simply evangelize for their religious beliefs; they engaged in a healing business that offered a therapeutic alterative to many patients for whom medicine had proven unsatisfactory. Tracing the movement during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Schoepflin illuminates its struggle for existence against the efforts of organized American medicine to curtail its activities." "Physicians' efforts to trivialize and control practitioners of the faith indicated a lack of confidence among the turn-of-the-century medical profession about who controlled American health care. The contested authority of the medical community becomes clear through Schoepflin's examination of the pitched battles fought by physicians and Christian Scientists in America's courtrooms and legislative halls over the legality of Christian Science healing. While the issues of medical licensing, the meaning of medical practice, and the supposed right of Americans to therapeutic choice dominated early debates, later confrontations saw the legal issues shift to matters of contagious disease, public safety, and children's rights. Throughout, Christian Scientists revealed their ambiguous status as medical practitioners and religious healers."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12676405.
- catalog created "2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2003.".
- catalog description ""In Christian Science on Trial, historian Rennie B. Schoepflin shows how Christian Science healing became a viable alternative to medicine at the end of the nineteenth century. Christian Scientists did not simply evangelize for their religious beliefs; they engaged in a healing business that offered a therapeutic alterative to many patients for whom medicine had proven unsatisfactory. Tracing the movement during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Schoepflin illuminates its struggle for existence against the efforts of organized American medicine to curtail its activities." "Physicians' efforts to trivialize and control practitioners of the faith indicated a lack of confidence among the turn-of-the-century medical profession about who controlled American health care. The contested authority of the medical community becomes clear through Schoepflin's examination of the pitched battles fought by physicians and Christian Scientists in America's courtrooms and legislative halls over the legality of Christian Science healing. While the issues of medical licensing, the meaning of medical practice, and the supposed right of Americans to therapeutic choice dominated early debates, later confrontations saw the legal issues shift to matters of contagious disease, public safety, and children's rights. Throughout, Christian Scientists revealed their ambiguous status as medical practitioners and religious healers."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-292) and index.".
- catalog description "The world of Christian Science healers. Mary Baker Eddy: patient, healer, teacher -- Becoming a practitioner and teacher -- "Occasions for hope": patients and practitioners -- Separating "true" Scientists from "pseudo" Scientists -- Christian Science healers and the world. Physicians debate Christian Science -- Therapeutic choice or religious liberty? -- Public health and the protection of children -- Century of promise, then peril.".
- catalog extent "301 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0801870577 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "Medicine, science, and religion in historical context".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press,".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "2003 B-283".
- catalog subject "289.5/73 21".
- catalog subject "BX6950 .S34 2003".
- catalog subject "Christian Science History.".
- catalog subject "Christian Science United States History.".
- catalog subject "Christian Science history.".
- catalog subject "Faith Healing United States History.".
- catalog subject "Faith Healing history.".
- catalog subject "Faith Healing legislation & jurisprudence.".
- catalog subject "Faith Healing legislation and jurisprudence United States.".
- catalog subject "Medical care Law and legislation United States.".
- catalog subject "Medicine Religious aspects Christian Science History.".
- catalog subject "Religion and Medicine United States.".
- catalog subject "Religion and Medicine.".
- catalog subject "Treatment Refusal legislation & jurisprudence United States.".
- catalog subject "Treatment Refusal legislation & jursiprudence.".
- catalog subject "WB 885 S367c 2003".
- catalog tableOfContents "The world of Christian Science healers. Mary Baker Eddy: patient, healer, teacher -- Becoming a practitioner and teacher -- "Occasions for hope": patients and practitioners -- Separating "true" Scientists from "pseudo" Scientists -- Christian Science healers and the world. Physicians debate Christian Science -- Therapeutic choice or religious liberty? -- Public health and the protection of children -- Century of promise, then peril.".
- catalog title "Christian Science on trial : religious healing in America / Rennie B. Schoepflin.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".