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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| Tipo de documento: | Recurso Electrónico Artigo |
| Idioma: | Inglês |
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Equinox Publ.
2022
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Journal for the academic study of religion
Ano: 2022, Volume: 35, Número: 2, Páginas: 168-191 |
| (Cadeias de) Palavra- chave padrão: | B
Australien
/ Cura
/ Experiência corporal
/ Narração (Ciências sociais)
/ Medicina alternativa
/ Espiritualidade
/ História 1850-1899
/ História 2000-2022
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| Classificações IxTheo: | AD Sociologia da religião AZ Nova religião KBS Austrália TJ Idade Moderna TK Período contemporâneo |
| Outras palavras-chave: | B
Biomedicine
B Evidence B Body B Spiritual Healing B Truth |
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| Resumo: | 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 anthropological study of two periods: the late nineteenth century, when alternative theories about relations of mind, body and spirit flourished against a backdrop of political and religious transformation; and late modernity, when increased self-reflexivity and mistrust of secular institutions such as biomedicine prompted growth in alternative medical systems. Foregrounding the voices of practitioners and ‘clients’, this article outlines how recurring narratives of the healed body position the individual as a person in control of their physical and spiritual journey. In our present time, scrutinizing the healed body as an archive of truth deepens understanding of why denialist beliefs about vaccination and COVID-19 can prove so intractable. |
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| ISSN: | 2047-7058 |
| Obras secundárias: | Enthalten in: Journal for the academic study of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1558/jasr.22167 |