Medicine, Society, and Faith in the Ancient and Medieval Worlds.
Tina Stiefel|Darrel W. Amundsen
In Medicine, Society, and Faith in the Ancient Medieval Worlds, Darrel Amundsen explores disputed boundaries of medicine Christianity by focusing on principle sanctity human life, including duty treat or attempt sustain life ill. As he examines his themes moves from text context, clarifies a number Christian principles relation bioethical issues that are hotly debated today. examination moral stance earliest syphilographers, for example, finds insights into ethical surrounding treatment AIDS, which believes has its closest historical antecedent not plague but syphilis. He also shows belief all healing comes God, whether directly, through prayer, use -- sentiment commonly held contemporary Christians cannot be accurately attributed any extant source patristic period. Indeed, Church Fathers were convinced sometimes came evil sources: Satan demons able heal, Asclepius was demon to taken very seriously indeed.
The American Historical Review