Law Religion Health And Healing In Africa
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Law Religion Health And Healing In Africa
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Author : M. Christian Green
language : en
Publisher: African Sun Media
Release Date : 2022-12-31
Law Religion Health And Healing In Africa written by M. Christian Green and has been published by African Sun Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-12-31 with Medical categories.
The Covid‑19 pandemic was global in its spread and reach, as well as in its medical, social and economic effects. In many respects, the global effort to “flatten the curve” produced a flattening of experience around the world and a striking coincidence of similar experiences in countries the world over. The identity, simultaneity and uniformity of experience were also manifest in common concerns at the intersection of law and religion in many nations around the world, including Africa. The lockdowns and closure of religious worship centres – churches, mosques and religious organisations of all sorts – raised questions of freedom of religion and the related concern for freedom of assembly, along with concerns about the relation of religion to science and public health, religious channels of communication and religious provision of social services. After all, health, communications and social services are all areas in which African religious organisations play key roles. Potential tensions around these issues raised further considerations about the nature of religion-state relations, the status of religious authority and whether religious and state actors would work together or at odds in addressing the Covid‑19 pandemic.
Faith Health And Healing In African American Life
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Author : Stephanie Y. Mitchem
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2008-08-30
Faith Health And Healing In African American Life written by Stephanie Y. Mitchem and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-08-30 with Religion categories.
Black Americans are more likely than Whites to die of cancer and heart disease, more likely to get diabetes and asthma, and less likely to get preventive care and screening. Some of this greater morbidity results from education, income level, and environment as well as access to health care. But the traditional medical model does not always allow for a more holistic approach that takes into account the body, the mind, the spirit, the family, and the community. This book offers a better understanding of the varieties of religiously-based approaches to healing and alternative models of healing and health found in Black communities in the United States. Contributors address the communal aspects of faith and health and explore the contexts in which individuals make choices about their health, the roles that institutions play in shaping these decisions, and the practices individuals engage in seeking better health or coping with the health they have. By paying attention to the role of faith, spirit, and health, this book offers a fuller sense of the varieties of ways Black health and health care are perceived and addressed from an inter-religious perspective. Community and religion-based initiatives have emerged as one key way to address the health challenges found in the African American community. In cities such as Atlanta, Baltimore, Dallas, and Oakland, residents organize exercise groups, teach one another how to cook with healthy ingredients, and encourage neighbors to get regular checkups. Churches have become key sites for health education, screening, and testing. Another set of responses to the challenge of Black health and healthcare in the United States comes from those who emphasize the body as a wholebody, mind, soul, and spirit, often drawing on religious traditions such as Islam and African-based religions such as Spiritism, Santeria, Vodun (aka Voodoo), Candomblé, and others. Understanding the issues and the various approaches is essential to combating the problems, and this unique volume sheds light on areas often overlooked when considering the issues.
Law Religion And Human Flourishing In Africa
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Author : M. Christian Green
language : en
Publisher: AFRICAN SUN MeDIA
Release Date : 2019-05-19
Law Religion And Human Flourishing In Africa written by M. Christian Green and has been published by AFRICAN SUN MeDIA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-05-19 with Religion categories.
A shared interest of law and religion is the advancement of human flourishing, yet there is no common understanding of what it means for humans to flourish and the means by which to attain a flourishing life. The concept of human flourishing is especially important for Africa, where community and national development compete with forces of conflict and scarce resources. In the broadest sense, the concept of human flourishing focuses our attention on having a comprehensively good or worthwhile life, but various religious and legal traditions suggest different norms for measuring the quality of life and designing the institutional structures that could best facilitate and preserve it.
Spirit And Healing In Africa
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Author : Deborah van den Bosch-Heij
language : en
Publisher: UJ Press
Release Date : 2012-01-01
Spirit And Healing In Africa written by Deborah van den Bosch-Heij and has been published by UJ Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-01-01 with Religion categories.
There is a great need for healing in Africa. This need is in itself no different elsewhere in the world, but it is greatly determined by the involvement of religious communities and traditions. Faith communities and religious institutions play a major role in assisting African believers to find health, healing and completeness in everyday life.
Law Religion And Health In The United States
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Author : Holly Fernandez Lynch
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2017-07-03
Law Religion And Health In The United States written by Holly Fernandez Lynch and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-03 with Law categories.
This book explores the critical role of law in protecting - and protecting against - religious beliefs in American health care.
Faith Healing Ministry In Africa A Catholic Bio Social Ethics
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Author : Laurien Nyiribakwe
language : en
Publisher: Generis Publishing
Release Date : 2021-07-09
Faith Healing Ministry In Africa A Catholic Bio Social Ethics written by Laurien Nyiribakwe and has been published by Generis Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-07-09 with Religion categories.
The present book engages three fields; namely, African traditional religion (ATR), Catholic religion and biomedical sciences in their endeavor to sustain health and well-being. It proceeds from the conviction that faith-healing is an essential element of theological bioethics. The discipline of theological bioethics reflects on the questions that arise in medicine and treatment of illness, and issues related to human biology, decisions to be made in case of this or that pain or disease, including the discernment on the normal and paranormal phenomena that could affect people of faith. The search for spiritual powers, as they are related to the not-yet-born, to the living, and to the dead is a crucial question to Catholic bioethics and pastoral ministry. This work considers that complex issue without pretending to offer a definitive answer. It relies on Catholic bioethics as a multi-disciplinary approach illumined by faith to propose some criteria for making a discernment regarding powers of spiritual healing which are claimed in today's Christian Sub-Saharan Africa.
Religion And Health In Africa
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Author : Adam K. A. Chepkwony
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006
Religion And Health In Africa written by Adam K. A. Chepkwony and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with AIDS (Disease) categories.
The Law Of Possession
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Author : William Sturman Sax
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2015
The Law Of Possession written by William Sturman Sax and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with Religion categories.
Rituals combining healing with spirit possession and court-like proceedings are found around the world and throughout history. For example, a person suffers from an illness that cannot be cured, and in order to be healed he performs a ritual involving prosecution and defense, a judge and witnesses. Divine beings give evidence through human oracles, spirits possess their human victims and are exorcized, and local gods intervene to provide healing and justice. Such practices seem to be the very antithesis of modernity and many modern, secular states have systematically attempted to eliminate them. Why are such rituals largely absent from modern societies, and what happens to them when the state attempts to expunge them from their health and justice systems, or even to criminalize them? Despite the prevalence of rituals involving some or all of these elements, The Law of Possession represents the first attempt to compare and analyze them systematically. The volume brings together historical and contemporary case studies from East Asia, South Asia, and Africa, and argues that, despite consistent attempts by states to discourage, eliminate, and criminalize them, such rituals persist and even thrive because they meet widespread human needs.
Law And Religion In Africa
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Author : Pieter Coertzen
language : en
Publisher: AFRICAN SUN MeDIA
Release Date : 2015-05-01
Law And Religion In Africa written by Pieter Coertzen and has been published by AFRICAN SUN MeDIA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-05-01 with Religion categories.
In our time the study of law and religion is emerging as a wide-ranging and vital academic discipline, with increasingly urgent implications for society at large. Lying at the intersection of a variety of other disciplines ? law, theology, religious studies, political science, sociology and anthropology, to name only the most obvious ? the field of law and religion is generating a burgeoning volume of interdisciplinary and trans-disciplinary research and study. The current volume is proof of this. The discussion of the relationship between law and religion, as seen from a variety of perspectives in Africa, underscores the critical importance of the issues involved in the everyday life of all citizens. It is accordingly vital for governments to take note of the scholarly results that are produced. We hope that this volume will contribute to this aim.
Religion And Healing In America
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Author : Linda L. Barnes
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2005
Religion And Healing In America written by Linda L. Barnes and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Religion categories.
Americans have long been aware of the phenomenon loosely known as faith healing. During the 1990s the American cultural landscape changed and religious healing became a commonplace feature in our society. This is a look at this new reality.