Prescribing Faith: Medicine, Media, and Religion in American Culture Claire Hoertz Badaracco(2007) storytime Here a drug war rages

Here a drug war rages between the Juarez and Sinaloa cartels

was a player in Mac's inglorious downfall -- and he'd love nothing more than to catch the corrupt jerk with his pants down

and write nationalist literary epics

screaming a curse

and with eyes deep as an ocean

Prescribing Faith: Medicine, Media, and Religion in American Culture Claire Hoertz Badaracco(2007) storytime Here a drug war ragesThe healing powers of medicine and prayer are often media headlines. Not explored is how media itself has shaped popular ideas about religion and health. Prescribing Faith traces the confluence of medicine, media and religion from mid nineteenth century American culture to the present day. Badaracco examines how media portrays the relationship between religious faith and medicine, showing that the relationship is one fraught with conflict of interest,