Healers and Healthcare

2020 ◽  
pp. 18-44
Author(s):  
Jeff Levin
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Early Church ◽  
Healthcare Facilities ◽  
Roman World ◽  
Greco Roman ◽  
Medical Centers ◽  
Faith Traditions ◽  
History Of

Chapter 2 narrates the history of religious healers from the time of the ancients through developments in Asia and the Greco-Roman world and in the early church. The chapter also describes the origins of hospitals as religiously sponsored institutions of care for the sick. These institutions emerged globally, across faith traditions—in the pagan world, in Christianity, in Islam, in the global East—and they remain today largely an expression of religious outreach. This can be observed in the United States, for example, in the countless religiously branded hospitals, medical centers, and healthcare facilities in most communities that go by names such as Catholic, Lutheran, Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterian, Adventist, Episcopal, Jewish, and so on.

scholarly journals El legado de Sabine MacCormack en los Andes

Allpanchis ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 46 (83-84) ◽  
pp. 287-298
Author(s):  
Víctor Maqque
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Intellectual Inquiry ◽  
Greco Roman ◽  
The Andes ◽  
History Of

La doctora Sabine MacCormack, una historiadora de estudios clásicos y andinos, ha legado su extraordinaria biblioteca al Instituto de Pastoral Andina (IPA) en el Perú. La profesora Sabine fue reconocida por su labor académica ejemplar, por sus imprescindibles libros y  numerosos artículos sobre la compleja historia colonial de los Andes. Su trayectoria de Alemania al Reino Unido y luego a los Estados Unidos ha sido tan significativa como la magnitud de sus investigaciones del mundo clásico grecorromano y la Latinoamérica colonial. Sus colegas y amigos, reflexionando sobre su trágico fallecimiento, han coincidido en la importancia de un examen intelectual exhaustivo de mundos aparentemente desconectados como el que Sabine llevó a cabo. Los aportes de Sabine, sin embargo, continúan vibrantes en los numerosos seguidores de sus estudios y en la colosal biblioteca personal que con tanto esmero atesoró y organizó y que ahora se encuentra en el Perú. Abstract Dr. Sabine MacCormack, a historian of Classics and of the Andes, left her extraordinary library to the Instituto Pastoral Andina (IPA) in Perú. Professor MacCormack was recognized by her exemplary scholarship, her books, and numerous articles examining the complex history of colonial Andes. Her trajectory from Germany to England, and then to the United States was as significant as the scope of her studies from the classic Greco-Roman to the Andean world. Her colleagues and friends on mourning her tragic death reflected on the importance of a comprehensive intellectual inquiry into the seemingly detached societies that MacCormack studied. The contributions of MacCormack, however, continue thriving on the number of followers of her studies and her carefully collected and curated library that is now located in Peru.

The History of Psychogeriatrics in the United States

1999 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 371-373 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter V. Rabins
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
The United States ◽  
Behavioral Disorder ◽  
Brain Diseases ◽  
Elderly Individuals ◽  
State Hospitals ◽  
Medical Centers ◽  
History Of ◽  
State Mental

During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, elderly individuals with severe mental illness living in the United States were cared for in state-run facilities that went by various names (asylums, psychopathic hospitals, state hospitals, state mental hospitals, and medical centers). Since the beginning of the 20th century, approximately 20% of patients in state hospital facilities had brain diseases such as dementia, usually complicated by behavioral disorder.

Review of A brief history of the United States.

1919 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
pp. 414-414
Author(s):  
No authorship indicated
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
History Of

An American Language

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosina Lozano
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
National Policy ◽  
The United States ◽  
Spanish Language ◽  
Spanish Speakers ◽  
Language Recognition ◽  
Political Language ◽  
Political Issue ◽  
History Of ◽  
The U.S

An American Language is a political history of the Spanish language in the United States. The nation has always been multilingual and the Spanish language in particular has remained as an important political issue into the present. After the U.S.-Mexican War, the Spanish language became a language of politics as Spanish speakers in the U.S. Southwest used it to build territorial and state governments. In the twentieth century, Spanish became a political language where speakers and those opposed to its use clashed over what Spanish's presence in the United States meant. This book recovers this story by using evidence that includes Spanish language newspapers, letters, state and territorial session laws, and federal archives to profile the struggle and resilience of Spanish speakers who advocated for their language rights as U.S. citizens. Comparing Spanish as a language of politics and as a political language across the Southwest and noncontiguous territories provides an opportunity to measure shifts in allegiance to the nation and exposes differing forms of nationalism. Language concessions and continued use of Spanish is a measure of power. Official language recognition by federal or state officials validates Spanish speakers' claims to US citizenship. The long history of policies relating to language in the United States provides a way to measure how U.S. visions of itself have shifted due to continuous migration from Latin America. Spanish-speaking U.S. citizens are crucial arbiters of Spanish language politics and their successes have broader implications on national policy and our understanding of Americans.

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