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Title: Health Care and the Rise of Christianity
Publisher: Hendrickson Pub
Publication Date: 1999
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1565633377
ISBN 13: 9781565633377
Binding: paperback
Condition: Very Good

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"In Health Care and the Rise of Christianity Avalos helpfully turns our attention to the care of bodies as fundamental to the growth and expansion of early Christianity. Response to basic issues�—such as cost, access to care, and perceived efficacy�—helped to fashion an early Christian system of health care that was distinct from contemporary approaches. Avalos raises eminently relevant questions about the role of ideas and practices of health care in the attractiveness of new religious movements, both historically and today."
�—Nancy L. Eiesland, Candler School of Theology, Emory University

"Professor Avalos brings his considerable expertise in medical anthropology to the study of health care systems in the ancient cultures out of which Christianity arose. His analysis of the role played by health care in the advent of Christianity is carefully constructed through cross-cultural and interdisciplinary methodologies, and presented in a readable format which makes his results easily accessible to the specialist and layperson alike. This book is a must for anyone interested in the topic, or concerned about the ethical and long term implications of a modern health system care in crisis."
�—Carole R. Fontaine, Andover Newton Theological School

About the Author

Hector Avalos is currently associate professor of religious studies and chair of the U.S. Latino Studies Program at Iowa State University.

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