{"product_id":"the-secularization-of-medicine-ritual-salvation-and-prophecy-hardcover-1","title":"The Secularization of Medicine: Ritual, Salvation, and Prophecy - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNathan Carlin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy do doctors take the Hippocratic Oath? Is this like reciting a religious creed? Is the White Coat Ceremony a kind of medical ordination? These medical rituals do seem to offer grounding for moral life in the profession. People from all over the globe make pilgrimages to places like the Mayo Clinic and the Texas Medical Center in search of salvation--not of their souls, but of their bodies. Are cardiologists, oncologists, and other specialists the secular high priests of our time? Patients do sacrifice large sums of cash in exchange for hope. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhile it is true that medicine and religion once had overt connections that have since declined, \u003cem\u003eThe Secularization of Medicine\u003c\/em\u003e argues that religion as a social force in medicine has not been extinguished. Instead, religious material or ideas have migrated to non-religious or secular spaces and have been absorbed by the surrounding culture. This is a process of transposition, seen most clearly in the religious names of many hospitals and medical research institutions, continuing the tradition of Christian missions that care for the sick and see education as part of their religious duties. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this book, Nathan Carlin identifies three new types of transposition--instrumental transpositions, idealized transpositions, and imaginative transpositions--and explores them in various domains of medicine that resemble or recall religious belief or practice. He discovers that medicine is not as secular as we might imagine it to be, and this has implications for the well-being of physicians.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eNathan Carlin is the Director of the McGovern Center for Humanities and Ethics at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth Houston), where he holds the Samuel Karff Chair. He also serves as Editor-in-Chief for the \u003cem\u003eJournal of Medical Humanities\u003c\/em\u003e. Carlin has published twelve books, including \u003cem\u003ePastoral Aesthetics: A Theological Perspective on Principlist Bioethics\u003c\/em\u003e, as well as \u003cem\u003eMedicine, Meaning, and Identity\u003c\/em\u003e, which is co-edited with Keisha Ray.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.03 x 8.53 x 5.85 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 26, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52708617486643,"sku":"9780197574003","price":118.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/3wGnWJE-fV9780197574003_ea73f5bc-d96b-4c56-9e46-e34cbc2d7e38.webp?v=1763438321","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/the-secularization-of-medicine-ritual-salvation-and-prophecy-hardcover-1","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}