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Faith, health, and healing in African American life

"This book offers a better understanding of the varieties of religiously based approaches to healing and alternative models of healing and health found in black communities in the United States. Contributors address the communal aspects of faith and health and explore the contexts in which individuals make choices about their health, the roles institutions play in shaping these decisions, and the practices individuals engage in when seeking better health or coping with the health they have. By paying attention to the role of faith and spirit, the book offers a fuller sense of the varieties of ways black health and healthcare are perceived and addressed."--BOOK JACKET.

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Publisher
Praeger Publishers
Language
English
Pages
207

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Cover of: Faith, health, and healing in African American life
Faith, health, and healing in African American life
2008, Praeger Publishers
in English
Cover of: Faith, Health, and Healing in African American Life
Faith, Health, and Healing in African American Life
2008, ABC-CLIO, LLC
in English
Cover of: Faith, Health, and Healing in African American Life
Faith, Health, and Healing in African American Life
2008, ABC-CLIO, LLC
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Table of Contents

Ancestral songs
Natural/supernatural : African American hoodoo narratives of sickness and healing / Yvonne Chireau
Holistic health and healing : "environmental racism and ecological justice" / Dwight N. Hopkins
Health and healing across the diaspora
Bodies in time and the healing of spaces : religion, temporalities, and health / Charles H. Long
Spiritual illness and healing : "if the Lord wills" / Arvilla Payne-Jackson
The arts of ritual and practice
The marking of the body, memory, and the meaning of suffering in Phyllis Alesia Perry's Stigmata / Carolyn M. Jones
Just awailing and aweeping : grief, lament, and hope as we face the end of life / Emilie M. Townes
Honoring the body : ritual of breath and breathing / C. S'thembile West
Analyzing social realities
The destruction of Aunt Sster's house : faith, health, and healing in the African American community / Terri Baltimore and Mindy Thompson Fullilove
The unspoken, the spoken, and affirmed : meanings of healing, same gender-loving African Americans, and Black churches / Linda L. Barnes
Finding/making wellness
"Seeking help for the body in the well being of the soul" / Rosemary Gooden
Too old for the club, but always at home in the club : health, spirituality, and social support among adult Black gay men in Oakland's Cable Reef / Mark Wilson
Spiritual wellness in the lives of African American women / Stephanie Y. Mitchem.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
Westport, Conn
Series
Religion, health, and healing

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
201/.66108996073
Library of Congress
BL65.M4 F36 2008, BL65

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
207

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL16818652M
Internet Archive
faithhealthheali00mitc
ISBN 13
9780275993757
LCCN
2008016908
OCLC/WorldCat
226304676
Library Thing
8417485
Goodreads
5481331

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