- Author
- Barnes, Linda L., and Ines M. Talamantez, eds.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, New York NY
- ISBN
- 195176448
- Table of Contents
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ch 1 Religion, healing, and the body (Suzanne J. Crawford)
ch 2 Teaching religion and healing at a southern university (Kaja Finkler)
ch 3 Shanti : peace for the mind, body, and soul (Vasudha Narayanan)
ch 4 Keeping it all in balance : teaching Asian religions through illness and healing (Ivette Vargas-O'Bryan)
ch 5 Teaching the history of Chinese healing traditions (Linda L. Barnes)
ch 6 Teaching native American religious traditions and healing (Ines M. Talamantez)
ch 7 Ometeotl moyocoyatzin : Nahuatl spiritual foundations for holistic healing (Ines Hernandez-Avila)
ch 8 Chicanos/as, religion, and healing : traditions and transformations (Lara Medina)
ch 9 Shamanism as a point of departure : two courses on Christianity and healing (Amanda Porterfield)
ch 10 Teaching about shamanism and religious healing : a cross-cultural, biosocial-spiritual approach (Michael Winkelman and Christopher Carr)
ch 11 Anthropology of experience : the way to teach religion and healing (Edith Turner)
ch 12 Medicine, healing, and spirituality : a cross-cultural exploration Paula K. R. Arai)
ch 13 Religious healing as pedagogical performance (Stephanie Y. Mitchem)
ch 14 Magic, witchcraft, and healing (Arvilla Payne-Jackson)
ch 15 Spirituality of healing (Kwok Pui-lan)
ch 16 Worldviews seminar : an intensive survey of American urban religious diversity (Lucinda A. Mosher and Claude Jacobs)
ch 17 Teaching religion and healing : spirituality and aging in the San Francisco Japanese community (Ronald Y. Nakasone)
ch 18 Religion and healing for physician's assistants (Fred Glennon)
ch 19 A medical school curriculum on religion and healing (Linda L. Barnes
ch 20 Religion, ritual, and healing in North America (Pamela E. Klassen)
ch 21 World religions and healing (Linda L. Barnes)
Resource Bibligraphies
Index
AAR Teaching Religious Studies Series (Oxford University Press)
The study of medicine and healing traditions is well developed in the discipline of anthropology. Most religious studies scholars, however, continue to assume that "medicine" and "biomedicine" are one and the same and that when religion and medicine are mentioned together, the reference is necessarily either to faith healing or bioethics. Scholars of religion also have tended to assume that religious healing refers to the practices of only a few groups, such as Christian Scientists and pentecostals. Most are now aware of the work of physicians who attempt to demonstrate positive health outcomes in relation to religious practice, but few seem to realize the myriad ways in which healing pervades virtually all religious systems.
This volume is designed to help instructors incorporate discussion of healing into their courses and to encourage the development of courses focused on religion and healing. It brings together essays by leading experts in a range of disciplines and addresses the role of healing in many different religious traditions and cultural communities. An invaluable resource for faculty in anthropology, religious studies, American studies, sociology, and ethnic studies, it also addresses the needs of educators training physicians, health care professionals, and chaplains, particularly in relation to what is referred to as "cultural competence" - the ability to work with multicultural and religiously diverse patient populations. (From the Publisher)
The study of medicine and healing traditions is well developed in the discipline of anthropology. Most religious studies scholars, however, continue to assume that "medicine" and "biomedicine" are one and the same and that when religion and medicine are mentioned together, the reference is necessarily either to faith healing or bioethics. Scholars of religion also have tended to assume that religious healing refers to the practices of only a few groups, such as Christian Scientists and pentecostals. Most are now aware of the work of physicians who attempt to demonstrate positive health outcomes in relation to religious practice, but few seem to realize the myriad ways in which healing pervades virtually all religious systems.
This volume is designed to help instructors incorporate discussion of healing into their courses and to encourage the development of courses focused on religion and healing. It brings together essays by leading experts in a range of disciplines and addresses the role of healing in many different religious traditions and cultural communities. An invaluable resource for faculty in anthropology, religious studies, American studies, sociology, and ethnic studies, it also addresses the needs of educators training physicians, health care professionals, and chaplains, particularly in relation to what is referred to as "cultural competence" - the ability to work with multicultural and religiously diverse patient populations. (From the Publisher)