Spirit Versus Scalpel

Spirit Versus Scalpel Book Details:

Publisher : Greenwood Publishing Group

ISBN-13 : 9780897894067

Page : 256 pages

Rating : 4.5/5 from 067 voters

This is a unique presentation of systems of traditional healing from around the world. It provides information about the concept of healing from many different cultural perspectives and explores the application of these cultural perspectives to modern psychotherapeutic and health care settings. The last decade has seen a literal explosion of data that support the idea that states of mind have consistent and demonstrable effects on physical health. With examples that examine traditional and modern healing systems in many different cultures around the world, this work demonstrates that most cultures perceive illness as a dislocation of the individual from his or her communal context. The healing process is effected through contextualizing the individual in community by ritual, ceremony, trance, pilgrimage, and family practices. Traditional healing systems are shown to have particular importance relating to modern medical responses to mental illness.

More Books:

Spirit Versus Scalpel
Language: en
Pages: 256
Authors: Leonore Loeb Adler
Categories: Cross-cultural studies
Type: BOOK - Published: 1995 - Publisher: Greenwood Publishing Group

This is a unique presentation of systems of traditional healing from around the world. It provides information about the concept of healing from many different
Transatlantic Spiritualism and Nineteenth-Century American Literature
Language: en
Pages: 247
Authors: B. Bennett
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007-06-11 - Publisher: Springer

This book asks about the cultural and political meanings of spiritualism in the Nineteenth century United States. In order to re-assess both transatlantic spiri
Folk Healing and Health Care Practices in Britain and Ireland
Language: en
Pages: 288
Authors: Ronnie Moore
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-06-30 - Publisher: Berghahn Books

Folk, alternative and complementary health care practices in contemporary Western society are currently experiencing a renaissance, albeit with features that ar
The Monthly Traveller, Or, Spirit of the Periodical Press
Language: en
Pages:
Authors:
Categories:
Type: BOOK - Published: 1834 - Publisher:

Spiritual Warfare Bible
Language: en
Pages: 1824
Authors: Passio Faith
Categories: Bibles
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-12-25 - Publisher: Charisma Media

The Spiritual Warfare Bible is designed to help you use the Bible to access the power of the Holy Spirit against demonic strongholds and activity. With engaging
Principles of Multicultural Counseling and Therapy
Language: en
Pages: 488
Authors: Uwe P. Gielen
Categories: Psychology
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008-06-19 - Publisher: Routledge

In an era of globalization characterized by widespread migration and cultural contacts, psychologists, counselors, and other mental health professionals face a
Teaching Religion and Healing
Language: en
Pages: 416
Authors: Linda L. Barnes
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2006-10-12 - Publisher: 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 t
Making Waves
Language: en
Pages: 304
Authors: Doug Nuenke
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-02-27 - Publisher: Tyndale House

Making Waves paints a clear picture of what a grace-filled life is: receiving God’s goodness and passing it along to others, like a ripple that grows into a w
Healing Traditions
Language: en
Pages: 289
Authors: Karen Elizabeth Flint
Categories: Medicine
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008 - Publisher: Ohio University Press

Healing Traditions offers a historical perspective to the interactions between South Africa's traditional healers and biomedical practitioners. It provides an u
DVD Counseling and Psychotherapy Theories in Context and Practice
Language: en
Pages: 554
Authors: John Sommers-Flanagan
Categories: Psychology
Type: BOOK - Published: 2004-04-26 - Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Learn the various counseling theories through authentic examples led by actual practitioners working with real clients This comprehensive two-DVD set promotes s