Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-207) and index.

The resurrected body -- Religious healing as experience and practice -- Scientific approaches to hope and healing -- Ancient theories of natural healing -- The placebo concept and its limitations -- Healing in relation to the person of Christ -- Jesus, exorcist and healer -- The problem of miracles -- The centrality of miracles in Mark -- The Jewish background of Jesus' life and work -- Exorcism at the core of Jesus' healing work -- Healing in early Christianity -- Imperial context -- Christian nursing -- Healing as victory over evil -- Baptism -- Paul on human embodiment of Christ -- Healing as counterweight to philosophical idealism -- Early Christian medicine -- Healing in medieval Christianity -- Healing powers of saints -- The superiority of Christian miracles -- Orthodox medicine and philanthropy -- Icons as agents of healing -- Healing in the context of monastic life -- Penance as a form of healing -- Baptism as protective seal -- Exorcism -- The Eucharist -- Exploring human suffering -- Healing in early modern Christianity -- Condemnations of the cult of saints and their healing powers -- Modernizing the cure of souls -- "Sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought" -- Catholic reforms -- Healthcare and hospitals -- Early modern medicine -- The modernization of Christian healing -- Healing in western Christianity's global expansion -- The politicization of Christian healing -- New indigenous forms of Christian healing -- Missionary influence in American Indian religious movements -- Revolutionary impact in China -- Spiritual in Africa -- Healing as reconciliation -- Christianity and the global development of scientific medicine -- Medical missions -- Scientific medicine in missionary outreach -- Medical missions in Africa -- Medical science and colonialism -- Medical missions in China -- Religious and scientific healing in the context of political change -- Christian healing in the shadow of modern technology and science -- The power of prayer -- Electricity as a way of thinking about spiritual power -- Sources and development of Wesley's thought -- Sources of Pentecostal healing -- Sister Aimee -- Pentecostal healing as a global phenomenon -- Spiritualist influences -- Catholic devotion to miracles in the age of science -- Christian healing as response to suffering.

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