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200 00$aHealth and religious rituals in South Asia $edisease, possession and healing /$fedited by Fabrizio M. Ferrari
210  1$aLondon :$cRoutledge,$d2011.
215   $a1 online resource (257 p.)
225 1 $aRoutledge South Asian religion series ;$v5
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a1-138-78479-6 
311   $a0-415-56145-0 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $apt. 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.
330   $aDrawing on original fieldwork, this book develops a fresh methodological approach to the study of indigenous understandings of disease as possession, and looks at healing rituals in different South Asian cultural contexts. Contributors discuss the meaning of 'disease', 'possession' and 'healing' in relation to South Asian religions, including Hinduism, Islam, Buddhism and Sikhism, and how South Asians deal with the divine in order to negotiate health and wellbeing.The book goes on to look at goddesses, gods and spirits as a cause and remedy of a variety of diseases, a study that has 
410  0$aRoutledge South Asian religion series ;$v5.
606   $aSpirit possession$zSouth Asia
606   $aSpiritual healing$zSouth Asia
607   $aSouth Asia$xReligious life and customs
608   $aElectronic books.
615  0$aSpirit possession
615  0$aSpiritual healing
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