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010 _a 2014048047
020 _a9781481300575 (hardback : alk. paper)
040 _aDLC
_beng
_cDLC
_erda
_dDLC
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043 _an-us---
100 1 _aVacek, Heather H.,
_d1969-
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aMadness :
_bAmerican Protestant responses to mental illness /
_cHeather H. Vacek.
264 1 _aWaco, Texas :
_bBaylor University Press,
_c2015.
300 _axii, 271 pages ;
_c24 cm
336 _atext
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_2rdacarrier
490 0 _aStudies in religion, theology, and disability
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aIntroduction: Christianity and mental illness -- Making theological sense out of suffering, sin, and sickness: Cotton Mather -- Christian vocation and the shape the secular profession: Benjamin Rush -- Advocating for the helpless, forgotten, and insane: Dorothea Dix -- Reclaiming religious authority in medicine: Anton Boisen -- A passionate plea to engage finds lukewarm reaction: Karl Menninger -- Conclusion: Suffering, stigma, and hospitality.
650 0 _aMental illness
_xReligious aspects
_xChristianity.
650 0 _aProtestantism
_zUnited States
_xHistory.
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_cBK
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