Aghor medicine [[electronic resource] ] : pollution, death, and healing in northern India / / Ron Barrett ; foreword by Jonathan P. Parry |
Autore | Barrett Ron <1963-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (240 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.4/6109542 |
Soggetto topico |
Medical anthropology - India - Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh)
Aghorīs - Rituals Healing - Religious aspects - Aghorīs Leprosy - Treatment - India - Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh) |
Soggetto non controllato |
aghor medicine
aghor therapy aghori anthropology ayurveda biomedicines cannibalism charnel grounds conflict coprophagy corpses cremation grounds cremation death hardship healing powers healing health human skulls illness and health india kapalas living naked medical anthropology medical conditions meditation multicultural medicine northern india political organization politics pollution post mortem rites radical ritual bathing ritually polluted substances skull cups stigmatized diseases |
ISBN |
1-281-38565-4
0-520-94101-2 9786611385651 1-4356-5368-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Foreword -- Note on Transliteration, Abbreviations, and Names -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The Cosmic Sink -- 2. Fire in the Well -- 3. The Reformation -- 4. The Wrong Side of the River -- 5. Dawā and Duwā -- 6. Death and Nondiscrimination -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Glossary -- References -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782162203321 |
Barrett Ron <1963-> | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2008 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Aghor medicine [[electronic resource] ] : pollution, death, and healing in northern India / / Ron Barrett ; foreword by Jonathan P. Parry |
Autore | Barrett Ron <1963-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (240 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.4/6109542 |
Soggetto topico |
Medical anthropology - India - Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh)
Aghorīs - Rituals Healing - Religious aspects - Aghorīs Leprosy - Treatment - India - Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh) |
Soggetto non controllato |
aghor medicine
aghor therapy aghori anthropology ayurveda biomedicines cannibalism charnel grounds conflict coprophagy corpses cremation grounds cremation death hardship healing powers healing health human skulls illness and health india kapalas living naked medical anthropology medical conditions meditation multicultural medicine northern india political organization politics pollution post mortem rites radical ritual bathing ritually polluted substances skull cups stigmatized diseases |
ISBN |
1-281-38565-4
0-520-94101-2 9786611385651 1-4356-5368-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Foreword -- Note on Transliteration, Abbreviations, and Names -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The Cosmic Sink -- 2. Fire in the Well -- 3. The Reformation -- 4. The Wrong Side of the River -- 5. Dawā and Duwā -- 6. Death and Nondiscrimination -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Glossary -- References -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910826607603321 |
Barrett Ron <1963-> | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2008 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Miracle cures [[electronic resource] ] : saints, pilgrimage, and the healing powers of belief / / Robert A. Scott |
Autore | Scott Robert A. <1935-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (267 p.) |
Disciplina | 231.7/3 |
Soggetto topico |
Spiritual healing
Healing - Religious aspects - Christianity Miracles |
Soggetto non controllato |
apparitions
behavioral science biomedical chaucer christian faith christian miracles christianity compostela contemporary shrines disease faith healing fatima god and religion healing powers health issues human condition lourdes medieval pilgrims medjugorje miracles miraculous cures phenomenon pilgrimage power of god power of prayer recovery relics religious pilgrimages religious shrines sacred journeys saints spiritual |
ISBN |
1-282-76401-2
0-520-94620-0 9786612764011 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- 1. Life in the Middle Ages -- 2. Saints -- 3. Apparitions -- 4. Pilgrimage and Shrines -- 5. Disease -- 6. The Role of Stress in Illness -- 7. Belief, Hope, and Healing -- 8. Framing, Confessing, Self-Efficacy, and Healing -- Coda -- Appendix: Accounts of Miracles at Medieval Shrines -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786715403321 |
Scott Robert A. <1935-> | ||
Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, 2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Miracle cures [[electronic resource] ] : saints, pilgrimage, and the healing powers of belief / / Robert A. Scott |
Autore | Scott Robert A. <1935-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (267 p.) |
Disciplina | 231.7/3 |
Soggetto topico |
Spiritual healing
Healing - Religious aspects - Christianity Miracles |
Soggetto non controllato |
apparitions
behavioral science biomedical chaucer christian faith christian miracles christianity compostela contemporary shrines disease faith healing fatima god and religion healing powers health issues human condition lourdes medieval pilgrims medjugorje miracles miraculous cures phenomenon pilgrimage power of god power of prayer recovery relics religious pilgrimages religious shrines sacred journeys saints spiritual |
ISBN |
1-282-76401-2
0-520-94620-0 9786612764011 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- 1. Life in the Middle Ages -- 2. Saints -- 3. Apparitions -- 4. Pilgrimage and Shrines -- 5. Disease -- 6. The Role of Stress in Illness -- 7. Belief, Hope, and Healing -- 8. Framing, Confessing, Self-Efficacy, and Healing -- Coda -- Appendix: Accounts of Miracles at Medieval Shrines -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910827947803321 |
Scott Robert A. <1935-> | ||
Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, 2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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