BEATITUDES, BEASTS, AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL BURDENS
Medical Anthropology Newsletter August 1, 1982 DOI: 10.1525/maq.1982.13.4.02a00000
Summary
AI-generated from the abstractThis abstract lists three scholarly works examining the intersection of religion, spirituality, and healing practices across different cultures. One work explores how the Akan people of Ghana integrate religious beliefs with medical practice. Another provides a cultural analysis of trance states in Mayotte. The third offers an ethnopsychiatric study of shamanism among the Tamang of Nepal, focusing on ecstatic experiences and their role in healing. Together, these works illustrate diverse ways that spiritual and religious frameworks shape understandings of health, illness, and treatment in non-Western contexts.
Study at a glance
| Characteristics | Ethnography Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Population | Akans of Ghana, people of Mayotte, Tamang people of Nepal |
| Citations | 1 |
| Key finding | Healing and religious practice are deeply intertwined in these cultures, with trance and spirit possession serving as meaningful therapeutic and social mechanisms. |
Abstract
Man Cures God Heals: Religion and Medical Practice among the Akans of Ghana. Kofi Appiah‐KubiHuman Spirits: A Cultural Account of Trance in Mayotte. Michael LambekEcstasy and Healing in Nepal: An Ethnopsychiatric Study of Tamang Shamanism. Larry Peters