The Body as Evidence of Truth: Biomedicine and Enduring Narratives of Religious and Spiritual Healing
Practitioners of alternative medicine and spirituality often highlight narratives of healing as evidence for the superiority of their modalities over Western biomedicine. We argue that this form of establishing and defending truth has a long history, and base this analysis on the historical and anth...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Equinox Publ.
2022
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| In: |
Journal for the academic study of religion
Year: 2022, Volume: 35, Issue: 2, Pages: 168-191 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Australia
/ Healing
/ Bodily experience
/ Narrative (Social sciences)
/ Alternative medicine
/ Spirituality
/ History 1850-1899
/ History 2000-2022
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| IxTheo Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AZ New religious movements KBS Australia; Oceania TJ Modern history TK Recent history |
| Further subjects: | B
Biomedicine
B Evidence B Body B Spiritual Healing B Truth |
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