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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459095103321

Titolo

Spiritual healing : scientific and religious perspectives / / edited by Fraser Watts [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2011

ISBN

1-107-21501-3

0-511-86211-3

1-282-94843-1

9786612948435

0-511-85999-6

0-511-85825-6

0-511-86086-2

0-511-85738-1

0-511-97340-3

0-511-85912-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiv, 207 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

203/.1

Soggetti

Spiritual healing

Healing - Religious aspects - Christianity

Medicine - Religious aspects - Christianity

Healing - Religious aspects

Medicine - Religious aspects

Religion and science

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di contenuto

Machine generated contents note: List of contributors; Preface; 1. Conceptual issues in spiritual healing Fraser Watts; 2. The historical Jesus and healing: Jesus' miracles in psycho-social context Justin Meggitt; 3. The theology of spiritual healing Philip Clayton; 4. Healing the spirit: mystical Judaism, religious texts and medicine Simon Dein; 5. Conceptualisations of spiritual healing: Christian and secular Charles Bourne and Fraser Watts; 6. The psychodynamics of spiritual healing and the power of mother kissing it better Bruce Kinsey; 7. Spiritual



healing in the context of the human need for safeness, connectedness and warmth: a biopsychosocial approach Paul Gilbert; 8. Modeling the biomedical role of spirituality through breast cancer research Michael Boivin and Burton Webb; 9. Spirituality and health: assessing the evidence Marilyn Schlitz; 10. Relating spiritual healing and science: some critical reflections David Leech; 11. Concluding integration Fraser Watts.

Sommario/riassunto

There has recently been much interest in the relationship between science and religion, and how they combine to give us a 'binocular' perspective on things. One important phenomenon which has been neglected in recent work is the concept of spiritual healing. This edited collection explores a variety of approaches to spiritual healing from different religious points of view, identifying both what it is and how it works. The authors also explore the biological and psychological processes, open to scientific enquiry, through which healing may be mediated. As such, this book indicates the central proposition that religious and scientific perspectives answer different questions about healing, and there is not necessarily any conflict between them.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779323203321

Autore

Chan Kwok-shing

Titolo

A localized culture of welfare [[electronic resource] ] : entitlements, stratification, and identity in a Chinese lineage village / / Kwok-shing Chan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, : Lexington Books, 2012

ISBN

0-7391-7857-1

1-299-15694-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (237 p.)

Collana

AsiaWorld

Disciplina

361.951

Soggetti

Public welfare - China - Hong Kong

Public welfare - China

Families - China - Hong Kong

Families - China

Kinship - China - Hong Kong

Kinship - China

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

Maps, tables, and diagrams -- Acknowledgments -- Note on romanization -- Introduction : welfare and security, an anthropological perspective -- The Pang lineage village -- Living under threat : reactions to Hong Kong's return to China -- Corporate resources and financial security -- Communal safety and protection -- Employment and care provisions -- Entitlement and value : housing -- Old age welfare and security -- The religious pursuit of welfare and security -- Conclusion -- Methodological appendix -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

This book presents an ethnographic account of the significance of kinship in welfare matters in Chinese society. It will be a useful reference book and secondary text for anthropologists, sociologists and university students who are interested in Chinese kinship and welfare issues, the relationship between welfare and culture, and the cultures underlying systems of welfare.