{"product_id":"medicine-health-care-in-early-christianity-paperback-1","title":"Medicine \u0026 Health Care in Early Christianity - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGary B. Ferngren\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on New Testament studies and recent scholarship on the expansion of the Christian church, Gary B. Ferngren presents a comprehensive historical account of medicine and medical philanthropy in the first five centuries of the Christian era.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFerngren 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFerngren also 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 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on New Testament studies and recent scholarship on the expansion of the Christian church, Gary B. Ferngren presents a comprehensive historical account of medicine and medical philanthropy in the first five centuries of the Christian era.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFerngren 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFerngren also 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 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA succinct, thoughtful, well-written, and carefully argued assessment of Christian involvement with medical matters in the first five centuries of the common era . . . It is to Ferngren's credit that he has opened questions and explored them so astutely. This fine work looks forward as well as backward; it invites fuller reflection of the many senses in which medicine and religion intersect and merits wide readership.--\u003ci\u003eJournal of the American Medical Association\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this superb work of historical and conceptual scholarship, Ferngren unfolds for the reader a cultural milieu of healing practices during the early centuries of Christianity.--\u003ci\u003ePerspectives on Science and Christian Faith\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReadable and widely researched . . . an important book for mission studies and American Catholic movements, the book posits the question of what can take its place in today's challenging religious culture.--\u003ci\u003eMissiology: An International Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eGary B. Ferngren\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of history at Oregon State University and a professor of the history of medicine at First Moscow State Medical University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eMedicine and Religion: A Historical Introduction\u003c\/i\u003e and the editor of \u003ci\u003eScience and Religion: A Historical Introduction.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e--Rodney Stark, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Rise of Christianity\u003c\/i\u003e \"Isis\"\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on New Testament studies and recent scholarship on the expansion of the Christian church, Gary B. Ferngren presents a comprehensive historical account of medicine and medical philanthropy in the first five centuries of the Christian era.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFerngren 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFerngren also 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 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A succinct, thoughtful, well-written, and carefully argued assessment of Christian involvement with medical matters in the first five centuries of the common era . . . It is to Ferngren's credit that he has opened questions and explored them so astutely. This fine work looks forward as well as backward; it invites fuller reflection of the many senses in which medicine and religion intersect and merits wide readership.\"--\u003ci\u003eJournal of the American Medical Association\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In this superb work of historical and conceptual scholarship, Ferngren unfolds for the reader a cultural milieu of healing practices during the early centuries of Christianity.\"--\u003ci\u003ePerspectives on Science and Christian Faith\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Readable and widely researched . . . an important book for mission studies and American Catholic movements, the book posits the question of what can take its place in today's challenging religious culture.\"--\u003ci\u003eMissiology: An International Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGary B. Ferngren\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of history at Oregon State University and a professor of the history of medicine at First Moscow State Medical University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eMedicine and Religion: A Historical Introduction\u003c\/i\u003e and the editor of \u003ci\u003eScience and Religion: A Historical Introduction.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGary B. Ferngren\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of history at Oregon State University and a professor of the history of medicine at First Moscow State Medical University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eMedicine and Religion: A Historical Introduction\u003c\/i\u003e and the editor of \u003ci\u003eScience and Religion: A Historical Introduction.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 264\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 01, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42656693780576,"sku":"9781421420066","price":74.61,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/1922\/9280\/files\/cGhkNitHSzAzVDdQSk9BK1g3TkR4UT09.webp?v=1774234262","url":"https:\/\/bijoucc.myshopify.com\/products\/medicine-health-care-in-early-christianity-paperback-1","provider":"CARIBBEAN CONNECT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}