Susan R. Holman

Illness, Pain, and Health Care in Early Christianity

History & Biography

“Modern health care has deep religious roots, often unrecognized, in the cultures, beliefs, and practices that shaped Christian views on pain, wellness, and therapeutic method. In her newest book, Helen Rhee’s extensive and admirably nuanced scholarship on pain and illness offers a superb cross-disciplinary study on ‘medical pluralisms’ and why they matter in Christian history. The book will especially interest readers in health and religion, late antiquity, health humanities, anthropology, medical education and missions, nursing, and classical studies.”

They Who Give from Evil

History & Biography

“Loans and debts have a timeless power to foster shame, moral silence, and dehumanizing injustices that cripple individuals, societies, and nation-states. Ihssen's welcomed scholarly overview of early Greek and Christian voices about this 'evil gift' tells stories that are painfully familiar even today. Her book will appeal to anyone interested in the problem of poverty and ethical responses to economic rights.”

Vintage Saints and Sinners

History & Biography

“This page-turning pilgrimage journal offers readers way-bread from—and for—the fallible and glorious communion of quotidian saints.”

Wealth and Poverty in Early Christianity

History & Biography

“Helen Rhee's welcome new sourcebook is the first of its kind in over 30 years. A much-needed treasure chest sampling early Christian voices on the ethics of wealth and poverty, it speaks to why religion and history matter across time in the face of need, inequity and justice, economic development, and the social determinants of health.”