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When prayer fails : faith healing, children, and the law / Shawn Francis Peters

Author
Peters, Shawn Francis, 1966-
Additional Titles
Faith healing, children, and the law
Published
New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Physical Description
x, 262 pages ; 25 cm

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Contents
"Pointless and preventable" : an overview of religion-based medical neglect of children -- "Are any among you sick?" : the tradition of spiritual healing --- "Defended by the Lord Jehovah" : the peculiar people in the British courts -- "The horriblest thing I ever saw" : early religion-based medical-neglect cases in the United States -- "Does the science kill a parent here and there?" Christian Science, healing, and the law -- "The pain has no right to exist" : contemporary Christian Scientists in the courts -- "Nightmare would not be too strong a term" : life and death in the Faith Tabernacle -- "This ain't religion" : spiritual healing and reproductive rights -- "God can't cure everyone" : spiritual healing on trial in Oregon -- "We need to change the statute" : the promise (and limits) of statutory reform.
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ISBN
9780195306354
019530635X
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [215]-254) and index.
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