When Prayer Fails: Faith Healing, Children, and the Law. By Shawn Francis Peters. (New York: Oxford University Press, 2008. x, 262 pp. $29.95, ISBN 978-0-19-530635-4.)

Lynne Curry

doi:10.2307/27694434

When Prayer Fails: Faith Healing, Children, and the Law. By Shawn Francis Peters. (New York: Oxford University Press, 2008. x, 262 pp. $29.95, ISBN 978-0-19-530635-4.)

Lynne Curry

Eastern Illinois University

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Original language	American English
Journal	The Journal of American History
Volume	95
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2307/27694434
State	Published - Dec 1 2008
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