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

• 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
• 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
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge South Asian religion series ; ; 5.