02748oam 2200661I 450 991078126010332120230725051805.01-136-84628-X1-283-10487-31-136-84629-897866131048780-203-83386-410.4324/9780203833865 (CKB)2550000000032531(EBL)668845(OCoLC)714374415(SSID)ssj0000469884(PQKBManifestationID)12121698(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000469884(PQKBWorkID)10531570(PQKB)10060030(MiAaPQ)EBC668845(Au-PeEL)EBL668845(CaPaEBR)ebr10462526(CaONFJC)MIL310487(OCoLC)739388185(EXLCZ)99255000000003253120180706d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrHealth and religious rituals in South Asia disease, possession and healing /edited by Fabrizio M. FerrariLondon :Routledge,2011.1 online resource (257 p.)Routledge South Asian religion series ;5Description based upon print version of record.1-138-78479-6 0-415-56145-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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 Routledge South Asian religion series ;5.Spirit possessionSouth AsiaSpiritual healingSouth AsiaSouth AsiaReligious life and customsSpirit possessionSpiritual healing203/.10954Ferrari Fabrizio M301443MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910781260103321Health and religious rituals in South Asia3833177UNINA