Faith in the Great Physician - Suffering and Divine Healing in American Culture 1860-1900

List of Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction 1(25) A Thorn in the Flesh: Pain, Illness, and Religion in Mid-Nineteenth-Century America 26(25) Resisting Resignation: The Rise of Religious Healing in the Late Nineteenth Century 51(30) Acting Faith: The Devotional Ethics and Gendered Dynamics of Divine Healing 81(28) The Use of Means: Divine Healing as Devotional Practice 109(30) Houses of Healing: Sacred Space, Social Geography, and Gender in Divine Healing 139(28) The Lord for the Body, the Gospel for the Nations: Divine Healing and Social Reform 167(25) Conclusion 192(19) Notes 211(30) Bibliography 241(20) Index 261