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oapen-20.500.12657-273752021-11-10T08:07:05Z Medicine – Religion – Spirituality Lüddeckens, Dorothea Schrimpf, Monika Religion Spirituality Entanglement CAM Traditional Medicine Medicine Religious Studies Body Care bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HR Religion & beliefs::HRA Religion: general In modern societies the functional differentiation of medicine and religion is the predominant paradigm. Contemporary therapeutic practices and concepts in healing systems, such as Transpersonal Psychology, Ayurveda, as well as Buddhist and Anthroposophic medicine, however, are shaped by medical as well as religious or spiritual elements. This book investigates configurations of the entanglement between medicine, religion, and spirituality in Europe, Asia, North America, and Africa. How do political and legal conditions affect these healing systems? How do they relate to religious and scientific discourses? How do therapeutic practitioners position themselves between medicine and religion, and what is their appeal for patients? 2019-01-07 23:55 2018-12-01 23:55:55 2019-11-11 17:24:37 2020-04-01T11:50:45Z 2020-04-01T11:50:45Z 2018 book 1002633 OCN: 1083021233 9783837645828 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/27375 eng Religionswissenschaft application/pdf n/a 9783839445822.pdf transcript Verlag 10.14361/9783839445822 10.14361/9783839445822 b30a6210-768f-42e6-bb84-0e6306590b5c 9783837645828 13 274 Bielefeld, Germany open access
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In modern societies the functional differentiation of medicine and religion is the predominant paradigm. Contemporary therapeutic practices and concepts in healing systems, such as Transpersonal Psychology, Ayurveda, as well as Buddhist and Anthroposophic medicine, however, are shaped by medical as well as religious or spiritual elements. This book investigates configurations of the entanglement between medicine, religion, and spirituality in Europe, Asia, North America, and Africa. How do political and legal conditions affect these healing systems? How do they relate to religious and scientific discourses? How do therapeutic practitioners position themselves between medicine and religion, and what is their appeal for patients?
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