Medicine, religion, spirituality : global perspectives on traditional, complementary, and alternative healing / Dorothea Lüddeckens, Monika Schrimpf (editions.).

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TextSeries: Religious studies ; volume 13Publisher: [Bielefeld] : Transcript, [2018]Description: 1 online resource (274 pages)Content type:

text

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9783839445822
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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Medicine, religion, spirituality : global perspectives on traditional, complementary, and alternative healing / Dorothea Lüddeckens, Monika Schrimpf (eds.).DDC classification:

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Contents:

Introduction : observing the entanglement of medicine, religion, and spirituality through the lens of differentiation / Dorothea Lüddeckens and Monika Schrimpf -- Medicalized healing in East Africa : the separation of medicine and religion by politics and science / Walter Brochhausen -- Medical discourses and practices in contemporary Japanese religions / Monika Schrimpf -- Self-fashioning of the hereditary Siddha practitioner : semantic structure and structuring conditions / Nina Rageth -- Ayurveda and discursive formations between religion, medicine and embodiment : a case study from Germany / Antony George Pattathu -- Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) as a toolkit for secular health-care : the de-differentiation of religion and medicine / Dorothea Lüddeckens -- Crossing fields : anthroposophical end-of-life care in Switzerland / Barbara Zeugin, Dorothea Lüddeckens, Monika Schrimpf -- Mapping the boundaries between science and religion : psychology, psychiatry, and near-death experiences / Stephanie Gripentrog.

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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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?