Magic and Jinn among Bangladeshis in the United Kingdom Suffering from Physical and Mental Health Problems: Controlling the Uncontrollable
For Muslims, islam is more than a way of life. it is an overarching philosophy of seeing the world which impacts directly upon experiences of suffering and adversity. Based on ethnographic fieldwork conducted in tower hamlets, United Kingdom (UK), from 2005-2010, this paper examines religious coping...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2013
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Research in the social scientific study of religion
Year: 2013, Volume: 24, Pages: 193-219 |
| Further subjects: | B
Religious sociology
B Social sciences B Religionspsycholigie B Religionswissenschaften B Religion & Gesellschaft |
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| Summary: | For Muslims, islam is more than a way of life. it is an overarching philosophy of seeing the world which impacts directly upon experiences of suffering and adversity. Based on ethnographic fieldwork conducted in tower hamlets, United Kingdom (UK), from 2005-2010, this paper examines religious coping among Bangladeshi Muslims. it explores how orthodox islamic frameworks facilitate coping and expands this area to look at how folk islam (i.e., explanations in terms of jinn, sorcery, and the evil eye) are deployed by members of this community and their use of traditional healers in illness contexts. finally, the implications of anthropological work for the rapidly growing literature on religion and health are discussed. |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: Research in the social scientific study of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/9789004252073_009 |