Health, Healing, and Religion

An examination of the ways health, sickness, and healing are related to religious and moral concerns and practices in most cultures. It shows that healing is of... » 

An examination of the ways health, sickness, and healing are related to religious and moral concerns and practices in most cultures. It shows that healing is often a symbolic and ritualistic process and that healers even in modern scientific medicine are masters at employing symbols and rituals in t «