Spirits of Protestantism: Medicine, Healing, and Liberal Christianity Volume 13

by Pamela E. Klassen

Book Overview

Spirits of Protestantism reveals how liberal Protestants went from being early-twentieth-century medical missionaries seeking to convert others through science and scripture, to becoming vocal critics of missionary arrogance who experimented with non-western healing modes such as Yoga and Reiki. Drawing on archival and ethnographic sources, Pamela E. Klassen shows how and why the very notion of healing within North America has been infused...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520270991
• ISBN13: 9780520270992
• Release Date: July 2011
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 348 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"