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Religion and healing in America / edited by Linda L. Barnes and Susan S. Sered.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Barnes, Linda L., Editor.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Spiritual healing--United States.
- Spiritual healing.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (552 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford University Press 2004
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Americans have long been aware of the phenomenon loosely known as faith healing. During the 1990's the American cultural landscape changed and religious healing became a commonplace feature in our society. This is a look at this new reality.
- Contents:
- Contributors Introduction I: Sites of Healing: Domestic Spaces, Public Spaces II: Healing from Structural Violence: La Cultura Cum III: Gendering of Suffering and Healing IV: Synergy, Syncretism, and Appropriation V: Intersections with Medical and Psychotherapeutic Discourses VI: Conclusion
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9786610840847
- 9780195347111
- 0195347110
- 9781280840845
- 1280840846
- 9780198037491
- 019803749X
- 9780195167955
- 0195167953
- OCLC:
- 1035699846
- Publisher Number:
- 2027/heb30783 hdl
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