Joshua Moses

Anxious Experts

Disaster Response and Spiritual Care from 9/11 to the Climate Crisis

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"It is commonplace that people search for meaning in the aftermath of disaster. But what if the experts charged with providing that meaning do not have the required tools? This book focuses on disaster-related spiritual expertise following the attacks of September 11th 2001, while showing how these dynamics have only become more insistent as the climate crisis has intensified"--

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. März 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 467g
• ISBN-13: 9780812253825
• ISBN-10: 0812253825
• Artikelnr.: 62116439

Autorenporträt

Joshua Moses is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Haverford College.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. "There's Something Going On, and It's Bad"
Chapter 1. A Patchwork of Disaster Expertise: A Brief Genealogy
Interlude. "Talking to the Dead"
Chapter 2. Bureaucratic Spirituality and Disaster Response: From Anxious
Individuals to Anxious Organizations
Interlude. "The Wisdom of the Body"
Chapter 3. Mechanics of the¿Spirit
Interlude. "God Speaks Through Me"
Chapter 4. From Neuro-Spirituality to Global Transformation of Trauma
Conclusion. The Ends of Anxiety
Notes
References
Index
Acknowledgements