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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818721503321

Autore

Barnes Linda L

Titolo

Teaching Religion and Healing [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford University Press, 2006

ISBN

0-19-774138-X

0-19-029198-2

0-19-972737-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (742 pages)

Collana

AAR Teaching Religious Studies Series.

Altri autori (Persone)

TalamantezInes M

Disciplina

203/.1/071

615.852

Soggetti

Medicine

Religion

Spiritual healing

Religion - Study and teaching

Medicine - Study and teaching - Religious aspects

Spiritual healing - Study and teaching

Complementary Therapies

Education

Humanities

Therapeutics

Social Sciences

Religion and Medicine

Teaching

Spiritual Therapies

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Contributors; Introduction; PART I: Theoretical Frames; 1. Religion, Healing, and the Body; 2. Teaching Religion and Healing at a Southern University; PART II: Hindu, Tibetan, and Chinese Traditions; 3. Shanti: Peace for the Mind, Body, and Soul; 4. Keeping It All in Balance: Teaching Asian Religions through Illness and Healing; 5. Teaching the History of Chinese Healing Traditions; PART III: Native and Chicano/a



American Traditions; 6. Teaching Native American Religious Traditions and Healing; 7. Ometeotl Moyocoyatzin: Nahuatl Spiritual Foundations for Holistic Healing

8. Chicanos/as, Religion, and Healing: Traditions and TransformationsPART IV: Through the Study of Shamanisms; 9. Shamanism as a Point of Departure: Two Courses on Christianity and Healing; 10. Teaching about Shamanism and Religious Healing: A Cross-Cultural, Biosocial-Spiritual Approach; PART V: Experiential Pedagogies; 11. The Anthropology of Experience: The Way to Teach Religion and Healing; 12. Medicine, Healing, and Spirituality: A Cross-Cultural Exploration; 13. Religious Healing as Pedagogical Performance; 14. Magic, Witchcraft, and Healing; PART VI: Courses for Caregivers

15. Spirituality of Healing16. The Worldviews Seminar: An Intensive Survey of American Urban Religious Diversity; 17. Teaching Religion and Healing: Spirituality and Aging in the San Francisco Japanese Community; 18. Religion and Healing for Physician's Assistants; 19. A Medical School Curriculum on Religion and Healing; PART VII: Additional Syllabi; 20. Religion, Ritual, and Healing in North America; 21. World Religions and Healing; Resource Bibliographies; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

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. The primary target audience comprises faculty in religious studies, divinity schools, anthropology, sociology, and ethnic studies. However, the volume also addresses the needs of educators training pre-med students and will be an invaluable resource for those involved in educating