Miracle cures : saints, pilgrimage, and the healing powers of belief / Robert A. Scott.
2010
231.73 S428m 2010
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Title
Miracle cures : saints, pilgrimage, and the healing powers of belief / Robert A. Scott.
Author
ISBN
0520262751 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780520262751 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780520262751 (cloth : alk. paper)
Imprint
Berkeley : University of California Press, c2010.
Language
English
Description
xxix, 235 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Call Number
231.73 S428m 2010
System Control No.
(OCoLC)436946022
(OCoLC)436946022
(OCoLC)436946022
Summary
"Iconic images of medieval pilgrims, such as Chaucer?s making their laborious way to Canterbury, conjure a distant time when faith was the only refuge of the ill and infirm, and thousands traveled great distances to pray for healing. Why, then, in an age of advanced biotechnology and medicine, do millions still go on pilgrimages? Why do journeys to important religious shrines?such as Lourdes, Compostela, F?tima, and Medjugorje?constitute a major industry? In Miracle Cures, Robert A. Scott explores these provocative questions and finds that pilgrimage continues to offer answers for many. Its benefits can range from a demonstrable improvement in health to complete recovery. Using research in biomedical and behavioral science, Scott examines accounts of miracle cures at medieval, early modern, and contemporary shrines. He inquires into the power of relics, apparitions, and the transformative nature of sacred journeying and shines new light on the roles belief, hope, and emotion can play in healing.The result is a fresh and original approach that bridges the often separate worlds of faith and science" --Cover, p. 2.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-235) and index.
Formatted Contents Note
Prologue
Appealing to saints for miracles. Life in the Middle Ages
Saints
Apparitions
Pilgrimage and shrines
Saints and healing. Disease
The role stress in illness
Belief, hope, and healing
Framing, confessing, and healing
Coda
Appendix A: Accounts of miracles at medieval shrines.
Appealing to saints for miracles. Life in the Middle Ages
Saints
Apparitions
Pilgrimage and shrines
Saints and healing. Disease
The role stress in illness
Belief, hope, and healing
Framing, confessing, and healing
Coda
Appendix A: Accounts of miracles at medieval shrines.
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