Madness: American Protestant Responses to Mental Illness
(Part of the Studies in Religion, Theology, and Disability Series)
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Madness is a sin. Those with emotional disabilities are shunned. Mental illness is not the church's problem. All three claims are wrong. In Madness, Heather H. Vacek traces the history of Protestant reactions to mental illness in America. She reveals how two distinct forces combined to thwart Christian care for the whole person. The professionalization of medicine worked to restrict the sphere of Christian authority to the private...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:148130058X
ISBN13:9781481300582
Release Date:September 2023
Publisher:Baylor University Press
Length:283 Pages
Weight:0.92 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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