Synergism between Catholicism and Indigenous Spirituality within the Drug Addiction Rehabilitation Program of Takiwasi, a Therapeutic Community in the Peruvian High-Amazon

EnglishFrenchThe association between spirituality and medicine is unfolding as a research theme that may have increasing practical implications in healthcare systems. Both spiritual and scientific dimensions are present within the treatment protocol for addiction applied at the Takiwasi Center, a pi...

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Authors: Dubbini, Alberto (Author) ; Friso, Fabio (Author) ; Gallizioli, Marco (Author) ; Mabit, Jacques (Author) ; Politi, Matteo (Author) ; Torres, Jaime (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Sage [2019]
In: Studies in religion
Year: 2019, Volume: 49, Issue: 3, Pages: 432-448
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Summary:EnglishFrenchThe association between spirituality and medicine is unfolding as a research theme that may have increasing practical implications in healthcare systems. Both spiritual and scientific dimensions are present within the treatment protocol for addiction applied at the Takiwasi Center, a pioneer therapeutic community that combines western approaches, including psychotherapy, biomedicine, and Catholic practices, with traditional Amazonian medicine. Through a series of open-ended and semi-structured interviews conducted on nine workers of the center during fieldwork research and comparison with the information obtained from literature review, the present article aims at testing the existence of an effective synergy between Catholic religiosity and indigenous-mestizo spirituality within the therapeutic process performed at the Takiwasi Center and puts in evidence some stimulating and problematic issues that arise from this synergy.L’association entre spiritualité et médecine se développe aujourd’hui comme un thème de recherche pouvant avoir des implications pratiques croissantes dans les systèmes de santé. Le protocole de traitement de la toxicomanie appliqué au centre Takiwasi, une communauté thérapeutique pionnière qui mélange des approches occidentales, y compris la psychothérapie, la biomédecine et les pratiques catholiques, avec la médecine traditionnelle amazonienne, intègre à la fois des dimensions spirituelles et scientifiques. En combinant des données de la littérature et une série d’entretiens ouverts et semi-structurés menés auprès de neuf travailleurs du centre au cours d’une recherche sur le terrain, le présent article vise à tester l’existence d’une véritable synergie entre la religiosité catholique et la spiritualité métisse et autochtone au sein du processus thérapeutique mené au centre Takiwasi et met en évidence certains sujets stimulants et problématiques qui découlent de cette synergie.
ISSN:2042-0587
Contains:Enthalten in: Studies in religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/0008429819885615