Espiritualidade e cura: análise etnográfica da cura espiritual a partir de uma casa afro-religiosa da cidade de Porto Alegre (Brasil) = Spirituality and healing : ethnographic analysis of spiritual healing from an Afro-religious house in the city of Porto Alegre (Brazil)

This paper analyzes the intersection between religion and health trying to understand how that biomedicine interferes in the religious meanings and the impact produced in the religious sphere from the biomedical disease process. Our analysis was developed from the ethnographic study from an “African...

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Subtitles:Spirituality and healing
Authors: Tadvald, Marcelo (Author) ; Macedo, Juliana Lopes de (Author) ; Scalco, Lucia Mury (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:Portuguese
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Published: Asociación de Cientistas Sociales de la Religión del Mercosur 2015
In: Ciencias sociales y religión
Year: 2015, Volume: 17, Issue: 22, Pages: 38-51
Further subjects:B Religion and health
B African-gaucho religions
B Organ Transplantation
B Spiritual Healing
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Summary:This paper analyzes the intersection between religion and health trying to understand how that biomedicine interferes in the religious meanings and the impact produced in the religious sphere from the biomedical disease process. Our analysis was developed from the ethnographic study from an “African religious house” in the Porto Alegre city (Brazil) that was practicing spiritual healing sessions.
ISSN:1982-2650
Contains:Enthalten in: Ciencias sociales y religión
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.22456/1982-2650.55598