Dying bodies: Bringing mortality home after the Reformation and the Great Transition

Two enormous shifts in history shape Western culture as we know it today: the Protestant Reformation and what historical theologian Ephraim Radner names the "Great Transition," the health transition that brought modernity its unprecedented low mortality rates and lengthened lifespans. This...

Full description

Saved in:  
Bibliographic Details
Subtitles:"Special Issue: Corpses and their material extensions in Protestantism"
Main Author: Moolman, Kira (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Check availability: HBZ Gateway
Journals Online & Print:
Drawer...
Fernleihe:Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste
Published: Equinox Publishing 2020
In: Body and religion
Year: 2020, Volume: 4, Issue: 2, Pages: 225-244
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B London / Protestantism / Health system / Reform / Funeral / History 1837-1901
RelBib Classification:CB Christian life; spirituality
CF Christianity and Science
CH Christianity and Society
KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history
KBF British Isles
KDD Protestant Church
NCH Medical ethics
RA Practical theology
Further subjects:B Protestant Reformation
B health transition
B Death
B Children
B Victorian London
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)