Miracle cures : saints, pilgrimage, and the healing powers of belief

Robert A. Scott

Iconic images of medieval pilgrims, such as Chaucer's making their laborious way to Canterbury, conjure a distant time when faith was the only refuge of the ill and infirm, and thousands traveled great distances to pray for healing. Why, then, in an age of advanced biotechnology and medicine, do millions still go on pilgrimages? Why do journeys to important religious shrines - such as Lourdes, Compostela, Fatima, and Medjugorje - constitute a major industry? In "Miracle Cures", Robert A. Scott explores these provocative questions and finds that pilgrimage continues to offer answers for many. Its benefits can range from a demonstrable improvement in health to complete recovery. Using research in biomedical and behavioral science, Scott examines accounts of miracle cures at medieval, early modern, and contemporary shrines. He inquires into the power of relics, apparitions, and the transformative nature of sacred journeying and shines new light on the roles belief, hope, and emotion can play in healing.

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  • List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Prologue Part One / Appealing to Saints for Miracles 1. Life in the Middle Ages 2. Saints 3. Apparitions 4. Pilgrimage and Shrines Part Two / Saints and Healing 5. Disease 6. The Role of Stress in Illness 7. Belief, Hope, and Healing 8. Framing, Confessing, Self-Efficacy, and Healing Coda Appendix: Accounts of Miracles at Medieval Shrines Notes Bibliography Index

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書名 Miracle cures : saints, pilgrimage, and the healing powers of belief
著作者等 Scott, Robert A
出版元 University of California Press
刊行年月 c2010
ページ数 xxix, 235 p.
大きさ 24 cm
ISBN 9780520262751
NCID BB05859234
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言語 英語
出版国 アメリカ合衆国
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