Why do some people choose divine healing over conventional medicine? And how is that decision related to religion, class, and culture? Using ethnographic and interview data, my dissertation compares parents in one fundamentalist Christian church who choose divine healing with those choosing nonreligious “natural healing” as well as those who accept conventional medicine. Research suggests that use of alternative medicine is on the rise, and that divine healing is particularly popular in the United States. However, while we know a good deal about those who refuse medical care for financial reasons or due to fear of side effects, we know very little about those who do so for religious reasons. I find that the incidence and type of alternative medicine parents use is shaped by faith and social class, such that beliefs about the nature of God’s relationship to Man impacts perceptions of the ill and well body. My conclusions are two-fold: First, I find that while both divine and natural healers frame their choices as resisting medical dominance, that resistance is shaped by social class in ways that inform interactions with doctors and state agencies like Child Protective Services. Secondly, I find that religious individuals who do use conventional medicine view God’s role in health and the body differently from those using divine healing, and emphasize divine influence in modern medicine. Ultimately, I show that religion influences medical decisions most strongly when institutional teachings highlight physical health as a reflection of one’s personal relationship with God. Ultimately, using divine healing over conventional medicine is a key way that believers demonstrate their trust in God and becomes a lens through which we can understand how believers interpret divine intervention in the world.