John R. Hinnells / Roy Porter (eds.)

Religion, Health and Suffering

Herausgeber: Hinnells, John R.; Porter, Roy

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

First Published in 1999. The interaction between religion and medicine is universal throughout recorded history. They meet at the great turning points of life: at birth, at moments of acute suffering and at death. Not only are priest and doctor often needed at the same time and place, the two roles have also been combined in ancient and modem societies. This volume looks at whether healers and religions have worked in harmony or been in conflict, as well as their frequent and substantive interaction. An International Workshop lies behind this volume and one of the distinctive features of this project is that it brought together scholars of religion, historians of medicine, anthropologists and medical practitioners.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 518
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Januar 1999
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 936g
• ISBN-13: 9780710306111
• ISBN-10: 0710306113
• Artikelnr.: 54572546

Autorenporträt

John R. Hinnells, Roy Porter

Inhaltsangabe

INTRODUCTION; SECTION I: Cross-Cultural Studies: HEALTH AND SUFFERING IN
ZOROASTRIANISM; THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE PHYSICAL BODY: HEALTH, SUFFERING
AND KARMA IN HINDU THOUGHT SUFFERING AND SANCTIFICATION IN CHRISTIANITY;
CAN GOD INFLICT UNREQUITED PAIN ON HIS CREATURES? MUSLIM PERSPECTIVES ON
HEALTH AND SUFFERING; RELIGION, HEALTH AND SUFFERING AMONG CONTEMPORARY
TIBETANS; SIKH PERSPECTIVES ON HEALTH AND SUFFERING: A FOCUS ON SIKH
THEODICY; HEALTH AND SUFFERING IN BUDDHISM: DOCTRINAL AND EXISTENTIAL
CONSIDERATIONS; RELIGION, HEALTH AND SUFFERING FROM FOLK MEDICINE TO
BIOETHICS IN JUDAISM; SECTION II: Non-European Health Systems: CHINESE
HEALTH BELIEFS; MEDICINE AND MARTYRDOM: SOME DISCUSSIONS OF SUFFERING AND
DIVINE JUSTICE IN EARLY ISLAMIC SOCIETY; APPEASING THE SPIRITS: HEALING
STRATEGIES IN POSTWAR SOUTHERN MOZAMBIQUE; MISCARRIAGES OF JUSTICE: DEMONIC
VENGEANCE IN CLASSICAL INDIAN MEDICINE; SECTION III: Pre-Modem Western
Medicine: COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES ON MEDICINE AND RELIGION IN THE ANCIENT
WORLD; PAIN IN HIPPOCRATIC MEDICINE; MEDICINE FOR THE SOUL: THE MEDIEVAL
ENGLISH HOSPITAL AND THE QUEST FOR SPIRITUAL HEALTH; FEAR, ANXIETY AND THE
PLAGUE IN EARLY MODERN ENGLAND: RELIGIOUS AND MEDICAL RESPONSES; SECTION
IV: Modem Medicine: WESTERN MEDICINE AND PAIN: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES;
BEYOND THE FRONTIERS OF SCIENCE? RELIGIOUS ASPECTS OF ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE;
AGENCY AND COMMUNITY: THE LOCATION AND DISPERSAL OF INVIDIA; A GENERAL
PRACTITIONER IN THE INNER CITY-THE REALITIES AND THE DIFFICULTIES;
CONCLUSION: SUFFER MANY HEALERS