The Routledge Handbook of Religion, Medicine, and Health
Cover -- Half Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of contributors -- Preface -- Introduction: critical approaches to the entanglement of religion, medicine, and healing -- Part I Healing practices with religious roots and frames -- 1 Afro-Atlantic healing practices -- 2 Ayurved...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Published: |
Milton
Taylor & Francis Group
2021
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| In: | Year: 2021 |
| Series/Journal: | Routledge Handbooks in Religion Ser.
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| Further subjects: | B
Medicine
Religious aspects
B Health Religious aspects B Electronic books |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Parallel Edition: | Erscheint auch als: 9781138630062 |
| Summary: | Cover -- Half Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of contributors -- Preface -- Introduction: critical approaches to the entanglement of religion, medicine, and healing -- Part I Healing practices with religious roots and frames -- 1 Afro-Atlantic healing practices -- 2 Ayurveda: the modern faces of 'Vedic' healing and sacred science -- 3 Curanderismo in the Americas -- 4 Healing traditions in sub-Saharan Africa -- 5 Homeopathy and chiropractic in the United States and beyond -- 6 'Mind Cure' and mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) -- 7 The hospice movement, palliative care, and Anthroposophy in Europe -- 8 Spiritual healing in Latin America -- 9 Traditional Chinese medicine: history, ethnography, and practice -- 10 Unani medicine: health, religion, and politics in colonial India -- Part II Religious actors in and around the medical field -- 11 Diagnosing materialism: Ayurvedic purification regimens as spiritual cure -- 12 Buddhist spiritual caregivers in Japan -- 13 Chaplains and spiritual caregivers in American healthcare organizations -- 14 Muslim healthcare chaplaincy in North America and Europe: professionalizing a communal obligation -- 15 Charismatic healers: embodied practices in US and Singaporean megachurches -- 16 Energy healing: Reiki, Therapeutic Touch, and Healing Touch in the United States and beyond -- 17 Gurus and healing: Amma (Mata Amritanandamyi) at the intersection of miracles and medicine -- 18 Medical missionaries and witch doctors: Protestant object lessons in biomedicine in Africa and the South Pacific -- 19 Rabbinic authority and reproductive medicine in Israel -- Part III Organizing infrastructures of religion and medicine: pluralism and competition -- 20 Digital tools for fertility awareness: family planning, health, religion, and feminine embodiment. |
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| Item Description: | Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (563 pages) |
| ISBN: | 100046430X |