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Teaching about Shamanism and Religious Healing: A Cross-Cultural, Biosocial-Spiritual Approach

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This volume is designed to help instructors incorporate discussion of healing into their courses and to encourage the development of courses focused on religion and healing. It brings together essays by leading experts in a range of disciplines and addresses the role of healing in many different religious traditions. The primary target audience comprises faculty in religious studies, divinity schools, anthropology, sociology, and ethnic studies. However, the volume also addresses the needs of educators training pre-med students and will be an invaluable resource for those involved in educating physicians, health care professionals, and chaplains, particularly in relation to what is referred to as "cultural competence" - the ability to work with multicultural and religiously diverse patient populations.
... We need healing at many levels to overcome these barriers. Shamanism is not the property of any one culture but a universal human heritage, deeply embedded in the past and in our genes (See Winkelman and Carr 2006). ...
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Majority World readings of Matthew (and the Gospels generally) often help us to appreciate the very sorts of stories that seem most alien to readers in the West: stories of unusual cures and exorcisms of hostile spirits. Rather than simply allegorising these narratives, many Majority World readers treat them as models for experiencing healing and deliverance. Accounts of these experiences appear in a wide variety of cultures; in addition to a range of published sources, the article includes some material based on the author’s interviews with people claiming first-hand experiences of this nature in the Republic of Congo. Such readings invite a more sympathetic hearing of some Gospel narratives than they often receive in the West.How to cite this article: Keener, C.S, 2010, ‘Cultural comparisons for healing and exorcism narratives in Matthew’s Gospel’, HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies 66(1), Art. #808, 7 pages. DOI: 10.4102/hts.v66i1.808
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