Claire Hoertz Badaracco (Ph. D. Rutgers) is Full Professor in the College of Communication, Marquette University. She is the editor of Quoting God: How Media Shape Ideas about Religion and Culture (Baylor University Press, 2005), Trading Words: Poetry, Typography, and Illustrated Books in the Modern Literary Economy (1995) and American Culture and the Marketplace (1992).
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Introduction 1 Man's Accidents are God's Purposes Harvard & Heroic Cures 2 Launching a Scientific Religion Christian Science & the Book 3 Measuring Prayers Scientific Models of Religion 4 Belief & Wellness Medical Pluralism & Healing 5 The Medicated Public Square Advertising Science Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
This book is a landmark account of the construction and commodification of medicine and health. --Stewart M. Hoover, Professor, School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Colorado Badaracco provides an indispensable resource on the changing contents and contexts of medicine in America... This volume is a bravura treatment of vitally important issues... Essential. All levels. -- CHOICE