Teaching religion and healing
By: Linda L. Barnes and Inés Talamantez, editors.
Contributors: Barnes, Linda L.; Talamantez, Inés.
Series: AAR teaching religious studies series; AAR teaching religious studies.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 386
ISBN-13: 9780195176438; 9780195176445
Subjects: Religion -- Study and teaching; Medicine -- Religious aspects -- Study and teaching; Spiritual healing -- Study and teaching
Description: The study of medicine and healing traditions is well developed in the discipline of anthropology. Most religious studies scholars, however, continue to assume that "medicine" and "biomedicine" are one and the same and that when religion and medicine are mentioned together, the reference is necessarily either to faith healing or bioethics. Scholars of religion also have tended to assume that religious healing refers to the practices of only a few groups, such as Christian Scientists and pentecostals. Most are now aware of the work of physicians who attempt to demonstrate positive health outcomes in relation to religious practice, but few seem to realize the myriad ways in which healing pervades virtually all religious systems. 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 and cultural communities. An invaluable resource for faculty in anthropology, religious studies, American studies, sociology, and ethnic studies, it also addresses the needs of educators training physicians, health care professionals, and chaplains, particularly in relation to what is referred to as "cultural competence"--The ability to work with multicultural and religiously diverse patient populations.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Linda L. Barnes; title: Theoretical frames; title: Religion, healing, and the bofy / Suzanne J. Crawford; title: Teaching religion and healing in a southern university / Kaja Finkler; title: Hindu, Tibetan, and Chinese traditions; title: Peace for the mind, body, and soul / Vasudha Narayanan-Shanti; title: Illness and healing in Asian religious traditions / Ivette Vargas; title: Teaching history of Chinese healing traditions / Linda L. Barnes; title: Native and Chicano/American traditions; title: Explorations in teaching native American religious traditions and healing / Inés Talamantez; title: Ometeotl moyocoyatzin : nahuatl spiritual foundations for holistic healing / Ines Hernandez-Avila; title: Chicanos vs. religion and healing : traditions and transformations / Lara Medina; title: Through the study of shamanisms; title: Religious healing as shamanisms / Amanda Porterfield; title: Teaching about shamanism and religious healing : a crosscultural, bio-social-spiritual approach / Michael Winkelman and Christopher Carr; title: Experiential pedagogies; title: The anthropology of experience : the way to teach religion and healing / Edith Turner; title: Medicine, healing, and spirituality : a cross-cultural exploration / Paula K.R. Arai; title: Religious healing as pedagogical performance / Stephanie Mitchem; title: Magic, witchcraft and healing / Arvilla Payne-Jackson; title: Courses for caregivers; title: Spirituality and healing / Kwok Pui-Lan; title: The worldviews seminar : an intensive survey of American urban religious diversity / Lucinda Mosher and Claude Jacobs; title: Spiritual healing in the san francisco japanese community / Onald Y. Nakasone; title: Religion and healing for physicians' assistants / Fred Glennon; title: A medical-school curriculum on religion, culture, and healing / Linda L. Barnes; title: Additional syllabi; title: Religion, ritual, and healing in North America / Pamela Klassen; title: Religion and healing / Linda L. Barnes