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portada Health and Religious Rituals in South Asia: Disease, Possession and Healing
Type
Physical Book
Publisher
Author
Language
English
Pages
224
Format
Paperback
Dimensions
23.6 x 15.5 x 1.5 cm
Weight
0.36 kg.
ISBN13
9781138784796
Edition No.
1
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Health and Religious Rituals in South Asia: Disease, Possession and Healing

Ferrari, Fabrizio (Author) · Routledge · Paperback

Health and Religious Rituals in South Asia: Disease, Possession and Healing - Ferrari, Fabrizio

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Synopsis "Health and Religious Rituals in South Asia: Disease, Possession and Healing"

Drawing on original fieldwork, this book develops a fresh methodological approach to the study of indigenous understandings of disease as possession, and looks at healing rituals in different South Asian cultural contexts. Contributors discuss the meaning of 'disease', 'possession' and 'healing' in relation to South Asian religions, including Hinduism, Islam, Buddhism and Sikhism, and how South Asians deal with the divine in order to negotiate health and wellbeing.The book goes on to look at goddesses, gods and spirits as a cause and remedy of a variety of diseases, a study that has proved significant to the ethics and politics of responding to health issues. It contributes to a consolidation and promotion of indigenous ways as a method of understanding physical and mental imbalances through diverse conceptions of the divine. Chapters offer a fascinating overview of healing rituals in South Asia and provide a full-length, sustained discussion of the interface between religion, ritual, and folklore. The book presents a fresh insight into studies of Asian Religion and the History of Medicine.

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