This book explores the ways in which the body is sacred in Western medicine, as well as how this idea is played out in questions of life and death, of the autop
Modern medicine has produced many wonderful technological breakthroughs that have extended the limits of the frail human body. However, much of the focus of thi
Explores the interplay of medicine and religion in Western societies. Medicine and Religion is the first book to comprehensively examine the relationship betwee
Medicine, Religion, and Health: Where Science and Spirituality Meet will be the first title published in the new Templeton Science and Religion Series, in which
The relationships between religion, spirituality, health, biomedical institutions, complementary, and alternative healing systems are widely discussed today. Wh