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September 10, 2025Church History

Faith in Medicine: Christianity’s Legacy of Medical Charity

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ECEsther Chung‐Kim

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Esther Chung-Kim explores how religious leaders shaped medical care and social welfare, suggesting a vital link between faith and charity.

Key Points

  • Medical care expanded during the early modern era due to the involvement of religious leaders and lay healers, enhancing social welfare.
  • Protestant reformers shifted the approach to illness from saintly intercession to natural medicine, fostering direct appeals to God.
  • Institutions supporting the sick and poor were established by both Catholics and Protestants, intertwining faith with practical care.
  • The merger of religious and medical reform, facilitated by print culture, helped shape a positive viewpoint on medicine within Christianity.

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Esther Chung‐Kim (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68c192579b7b07f3a0616e13https://doi.org/10.1017/s000964072510190x
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