Teaching Religion And Healing

Klappentext 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. The study of medicine and healing traditions is well developed in the discipline of anthropology. This volume 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.

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• Authors: Linda L. Barnes, Linda L. (EDT)/ Talamantez Barnes
• Assisted by: Linda L. Barnes (Editor), Linda L. (Assistant Professor of Medical Anthropology Barnes (Editor), Barnes Linda L. (Editor), In?'s S. Talamantez (Editor), Inés Talamantez (Editor), Ines (Associate Professor of Native American Religious Studies Talamantez (Editor), Ines M. Talamantez (Editor), Inés M. Talamantez (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.10.2006
• EAN: 9780195176438
• ISBN: 978-0-19-517643-8
• No. of pages: 386
• Dimensions: 171 mm x 248 mm x 32 mm
• Series: AAR Teaching Religious Studies Series; An American Academy of Religion Book; AAR Teaching Religious Studies; AAR Teaching Religious Studies Series; AAR Teaching Religious Studies; An American Academy of Religion Book
• Subjects: Guides > Spirituality > Esoterics; Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Holistic medicine; RELIGION / Spirituality, MEDICAL / Alternative & Complementary Medicine, RELIGION / Christianity / General, Christianity, Spirituality & religious experience, complementary medicine, Christian spirituality & religious experience, Spirituality and religious experience, Complementary and alternative medicine and therapies