| Medicine - Religion - Spirituality: Global Perspectives on Traditional, Complementary, and Alternative Healing Contributor(s): Lüddeckens, Dorothea (Editor), Schrimpf, Monika (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3837645827 ISBN-13: 9783837645828 Publisher: Transcript Publishing OUR PRICE: $44.55 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical - Religion - Social Science | Popular Culture |
| Series: Religious Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.9" W x 8.8" (0.95 lbs) 274 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 and 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? |