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Author:
Brown, Candy Gunther.
Title:
The healing gods : complementary and alternative medicine in christian America / Candy Gunther Brown.
Publisher:
Oxford University Press,
Copyright Date:
2013
Description:
xii, 322 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subject:
Alternative medicine--United States.
Alternative medicine--Christianity.--Christianity.
Mind and body therapies--United States.
Complementary Therapies--United States.
Christianity--United States.
Religion and Medicine--United States.
Spirituality--United States.
Alternative medicine.
Alternative medicine--Christianity.--Christianity.
Mind and body therapies.
United States.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Why is complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) supposed to work? -- Is CAM religious? -- Yoga: I bow to the God within you -- Is CAM Christian? -- I love my chiropractor -- Does CAM work, and is it safe? -- Acupuncture: reclaiming ancient wisdom -- How did CAM become mainstream? -- Energy medicine: how her karma ran over his dogma -- Why does it matter if CAM is religious (and not Christian) even if it works?
ISBN:
0199985782 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780199985784 (cloth : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)826685405
LCCN:
2012050010
Locations:
LVOX826 -- Palmer College of Chiropractic (Davenport)
I6OX771 -- Mercy College Library (Des Moines)

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