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



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Titolo: Health and religious rituals in South Asia : disease, possession and healing / / edited by Fabrizio M. Ferrari Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: London : , : Routledge, , 2011
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (257 p.)
Disciplina: 203/.10954
Soggetto topico: Spirit possession - South Asia
Spiritual healing - South Asia
Soggetto geografico: South Asia Religious life and customs
Altri autori: FerrariFabrizio M  
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
Titolo autorizzato: Health and religious rituals in South Asia  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-136-84628-X
1-283-10487-3
1-136-84629-8
9786613104878
0-203-83386-4
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910811027703321
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Serie: Routledge South Asian religion series ; ; 5.