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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456315903321

Titolo

Health and religious rituals in South Asia : disease, possession and healing / / edited by Fabrizio M. Ferrari

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-283-10487-3

1-136-84629-8

9786613104878

0-203-83386-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Collana

Routledge South Asian religion series ; ; 5

Altri autori (Persone)

FerrariFabrizio M

Disciplina

203/.10954

Soggetti

Spirit possession - South Asia

Spiritual healing - South Asia

Electronic books.

South Asia Religious life and customs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Introduction -- pt. 2. Possession from the West -- pt. 3. Possession from the North -- pt. 4. Possession from the East -- pt. 5. Possession from the South.

Sommario/riassunto

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