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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Other Authors: Lüddeckens, Dorothea (Editor), Lüddeckens, Dorothea, 1966- editor (editor), Schrimpf, Monika, editor
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bielefeld, Germany transcript Verlag 2018
Bielefeld, Germany : [2018]
Edition:1st ed
Series:Religionswissenschaft
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009434675306719
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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?
Physical Description:1 online resource
ISBN:9783837645828
9783839445822