Religion And Healing In America

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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.

Ritual Healing In Suburban America

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Author : Meredith B. McGuire
language : en
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Release Date : 1988

Ritual Healing In Suburban America written by Meredith B. McGuire and has been published by Rutgers University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with Health & Fitness categories.

Many Americans believe that people who practice folk healing are uneducated and too poor to afford conventional medical care. Contrary to this popular belief, Meredith McGuire finds that a large number of college-educated, middle-class suburbanites participate in a variety of nonmedical healing groups. In suburban New Jersey, people practice such diverse alternatives as psychic healing, New Age therapies, naturopathy, Christian Science, Transcendental Meditation, reflexology, acupuncture, yoga, Jain meditation, Therapeutic Touch, reflexology, shiatsu, rebirthing, and occult therapies. McGuire places these various healing groups into broader categories according to their traditional sources of inspiration and their beliefs about healing power. She then looks at the participants' diverse ideas about health and illness. By locating alternative healing in the context of these beliefs, she shows the many ways the adherents experience ritual healing. -- From publisher's description.

Faith In The Great Physician

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Author : Heather D. Curtis
language : en
Publisher: JHU Press
Release Date : 2007-11-30

Faith In The Great Physician written by Heather D. Curtis and has been published by JHU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-11-30 with History categories.

Recipient of the Frank S. and Elizabeth D. Brewer Prize of the American Society of Church History for 2007 Faith in the Great Physician tells the story of how participants in the evangelical divine healing movement of the late nineteenth century transformed the ways Americans coped with physical affliction and pursued bodily health. Examining the politics of sickness, health, and healing during this period, Heather D. Curtis encourages critical reflection on the theological, cultural, and social forces that come into play when one questions the purpose of suffering and the possibility of healing. Curtis finds that advocates of divine healing worked to revise a deep-seated Christian ethic that linked physical suffering with spiritual holiness. By engaging in devotional disciplines and participating in social reform efforts, proponents of faith cure embraced a model of spiritual experience that endorsed active service, rather than passive endurance, as the proper Christian response to illness and pain. Emphasizing the centrality of religious practices to the enterprise of divine healing, Curtis sheds light on the relationship among Christian faith, medical science, and the changing meanings of suffering and healing in American culture.

Christian Science On Trial

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Author : Rennie B. Schoepflin
language : en
Publisher: JHU Press
Release Date : 2003

Christian Science On Trial written by Rennie B. Schoepflin and has been published by JHU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with History categories.

Tracing the movement during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Schoepflin illuminates its struggle for existence against the efforts of organized American medicine to curtail its activities.".

Religion And Healing In Native America

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Author : Suzanne J. Crawford O'Brien
language : en
Publisher: Praeger
Release Date : 2008-05-30

Religion And Healing In Native America written by Suzanne J. Crawford O'Brien and has been published by Praeger this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-05-30 with Religion categories.

What it means to be healthy or to heal is not universal from culture to culture, from religion to religion. Indeed, in many cultures religion and healing are intimately tied to each other. In Native American communities healing is conceived as the place where ideas about the body and selfhood are brought to light and expressed within healing traditions. Healing is defined as self-making, and illness as whatever compromises one's ability to be oneself. This book explores religion and healing in Native America, emphasizing the lived experience of indigenous religious practices and their role in health and healing. Indigenous traditions of healing in North America emphasize that the healthy self is defined by its relationship with its human, spiritual, and ecological communities. Here, Crawford brings together first-hand accounts, personal experience, and narrative observations of Native American religion and healing to present a richly textured portrait of the intersection of tradition, cultural revival, spirituality, ceremony, and healing. These are not descriptions of traditions isolated from their historical, cultural, and social context, but intimately located within the communities from which they come. These portraits range from discussions of pre-colonial healing traditions to examples where traditional approaches exist along with other cultural traditions-both Native and non-native. At the heart of all the essays is a concern for the ways in which diverse Native communities have understood what it means to be healthy, and the role of spirituality in achieving wellness. Readers will come away with a better understanding not just of religion and healing in Native American communities, but of Native American communities in general, and how they live their lives on an everyday basis.

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 whole—body, 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.

Healing In The History Of Christianity

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Author : Amanda Porterfield
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2005-08-25

Healing In The History Of Christianity written by Amanda Porterfield 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 2005-08-25 with Religion categories.

Amanda Porterfield offers a survey of ideas, rituals, and experiences of healing in Christian history. Jesus himself performed many miracles of healing, and Christians down the ages have seen this as a prominent feature of their faith. Indeed, healing is one of the most constant themes in the long and sprawling history of Christianity. Changes in healing beliefs and practices offer a window into changes in religious authority, church structure, and ideas about sanctity, history, resurrection, and the kingdom of God. Porterfield chronicles these changes, at the same time shedding important new light on the universality of religious healing. Finally, she looks at recent scientific findings about religion's biological effects, and considers the relation of these findings to ages-old traditions about belief and healing.

Healing The Soul Of America

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Author : Marianne Williamson
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2000-02-28

Healing The Soul Of America written by Marianne Williamson and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-02-28 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.

Building on the wisdom and compassion that has won her millions of fans and followers, Williamson teaches readers the keys to bringing spiritual values into their own lives, into their communities, and into the country as a whole.

The Future Of Metaphysical Religion In America

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Author : Mark Silk
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2021-12-13

The Future Of Metaphysical Religion In America written by Mark Silk and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-12-13 with Religion categories.

This collection of essays by leading scholars explores the present, dynamic state of metaphysical religion in America. It includes chapters that: put survey data on this growing group in context; clarify definitional issues in the study of spirituality in general and metaphysical spirituality in particular; and assess the networks, conferences, rituals, festivals, retreat centers and periodicals recently developed by metaphysicals. The contributors discuss characteristic practices of mental healing and meditation, and show the reach of metaphysical ideas into public spaces and popular media cultures. One particular chapter also addresses the growing controversy over the legitimacy of metaphysical individuals and movements that appropriate elements of Native American and Asian religious beliefs and practices to enrich or sustain their own practice. This rich collection appeals to students, researchers, professionals and the layperson interested in knowing more about the history and more importantly the direction that American metaphysical religion is taking.

Faith Healing

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Author : Ethan Allen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019-10-15

Faith Healing written by Ethan Allen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-10-15 with categories.