Teaching Religion and Healing [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Barnes Linda L
• Pubblicazione: Oxford University Press, 2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (742 pages)
• Disciplina: 203/.1/071; 615.852
• Soggetto topico: 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
• Altri autori: TalamantezInes M
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Teaching Religion and Healing
• ISBN: 0-19-774138-X; 0-19-029198-2; 0-19-972737-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910818721503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: AAR Teaching Religious Studies Series