Health and healing in minority religions
"This volume explores the diversity of beliefs and practices around health and healing in minority religions from different perspectives. The contributors include academics from a variety of disciplines as well as members of minority religions. The introductory chapter focuses on the metaphors...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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London New York
Routledge
2026
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| In: | Year: 2026 |
| Series/Journal: | Routledge inform series on minority religions and spiritual movements
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Religious minority
/ Health
/ Healing
/ Alternative medicine
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| IxTheo Classification: | AE Psychology of religion AX Inter-religious relations NCH Medical ethics |
| Further subjects: | B
Collection of essays
B Religious Minorities B Alternative Medicine B Health Religious aspects B Healing Religious aspects |
| Summary: | "This volume explores the diversity of beliefs and practices around health and healing in minority religions from different perspectives. The contributors include academics from a variety of disciplines as well as members of minority religions. The introductory chapter focuses on the metaphors and meanings that religions use to indicate their understandings of the body and its boundaries and concepts of health and healing. Chapters follow on the concepts of health and healing in the Jehovah's Witnesses, Christian Science, Panacea Society, Pentecostal Christianity, Paganism, Lubavitcher Hasidim and Daesoon Jinrihoe, amongst others. Other chapters focus on contemporary yoga, the Gisu of Uganda, the psychology of believers in alternative medicine and the French government's opposition to alternative healing practices. The book will be useful for academics and students of religious studies, especially those interested in minority religions and alternative healing practices"-- Provided by publisher |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | xii, 239 Seiten, Illustrationen |
| ISBN: | 978-0-367-34571-6 978-1-041-13064-2 |
