Medicine - Religion - Spirituality : Global Perspectives on Traditional, Complementary, and Alternative Healing
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Contributors
Bruchhausen, Walter, Contributor
Gripentrog, Stephanie, Contributor
Lüddeckens, Dorothea, Contributor
Lüddeckens, Dorothea, Editor
Pattathu, Antony George, Contributor
Gripentrog, Stephanie, Contributor
Lüddeckens, Dorothea, Contributor
Lüddeckens, Dorothea, Editor
Pattathu, Antony George, Contributor
Published
Bielefeld : transcript Verlag,, [2018].
Format
eBook
ISBN
9783839445822
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Language
English
UPC
10.1515/9783839445822
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Description
In modern societies the functional differentiation of medicine and religion is the predominant paradigm. Contemporary therapeutic practices and concepts in healing systems, such as Transpersonal Psychology, Ayurveda, as well as Buddhist and Anthroposophic medicine, however, are shaped by medical as well as religious or spiritual elements. This book investigates configurations of the entanglement between medicine, religion, and spirituality in Europe, Asia, North America, and Africa. How do political and legal conditions affect these healing systems? How do they relate to religious and scientific discourses? How do therapeutic practitioners position themselves between medicine and religion, and what is their appeal for patients?
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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
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This eBook is made available Open Access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
Language
In English.