Healing Bodies, Saving Souls
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Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 354 |
Release | : 2016-08-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 9789401203630 |
ISBN-13 | : 9401203636 |
Rating | : 4/5 (30 Downloads) |
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Book excerpt: This collection of articles on Asia and Africa uses the extensive archives that exist on medical missions to both enrich and challenge existing histories of the clinic in colonial territories – whether of the dispensary, the hospital, the maternity home or leprosy asylum. Some of the major themes addressed within include the attitude of different Christian denominations towards medical mission work, their differing theories and practices, how the missionaries were drawn into contentious local politics, and their attitude towards supernatural cures.