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Religion and Healing in Native America: Pathways for Renewal (Religion, Health, and Healing)
Suzanne J. Crawford O'Brien
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Description for Religion and Healing in Native America: Pathways for Renewal (Religion, Health, and Healing)
hardcover. Offers a glimpse into the religious and healing practices of Native Americans. Editor(s): O'Brien, Suzanne J. Crawford. Num Pages: 236 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; HRKT; VXH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 168 x 22. Weight in Grams: 514.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Praeger United States
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
Number of Pages
236
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780275990138
SKU
V9780275990138
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About Suzanne J. Crawford O'Brien
Suzanne J. Crawford O'Brien is Assistant Professor of Religion and Culture at Pacific Lutheran University. She is the author of Native American Religious Traditions and American Indian Religious Traditions: An Encyclopedia. She has also published journal articles and book chapters.
Reviews for Religion and Healing in Native America: Pathways for Renewal (Religion, Health, and Healing)
This book is a welcome addition to the body of scholarship about the medical beliefs and needs of Native Americans. The well-written chapters discuss such diverse diseases as cancer, diabetes, and alcoholism, as well as such diverse healing modalities as Sundance, storytelling, and the use of peyote. …Even for readers who do not offer direct care to persons of ... Read more