Medicine - Religion - Spirituality Global Perspectives on Traditional, Complementary, and Alternative Healing
In modern societies the functional differentiation of medicine and religion is the predominant paradigm. Contemporary therapeutic practices and concepts in healing systems, such as Transpersonal Psychology, Ayurveda, as well as Buddhist and Anthroposophic medicine, however, are shaped by medical as...
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| Format: | Electronic Book Chapter |
| Language: | English |
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Bielefeld, Germany
transcript Verlag
2018
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| Series: | Religionswissenschaft
13 |
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| Online Access: | OAPEN Library: download the publication OAPEN Library: description of the publication |
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| Summary: | In modern societies the functional differentiation of medicine and religion is the predominant paradigm. Contemporary therapeutic practices and concepts in healing systems, such as Transpersonal Psychology, Ayurveda, as well as Buddhist and Anthroposophic medicine, however, are shaped by medical as well as religious or spiritual elements. This book investigates configurations of the entanglement between medicine, religion, and spirituality in Europe, Asia, North America, and Africa. How do political and legal conditions affect these healing systems? How do they relate to religious and scientific discourses? How do therapeutic practitioners position themselves between medicine and religion, and what is their appeal for patients? |
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| Physical Description: | 1 electronic resource (274 p.) |
| ISBN: | 9783839445822 9783837645828 |
| Access: | Open Access |