Health-Seeking Nomads and Faith-Healing in a Medically Pluralistic Context in Mbeya, Tanzania
The popularity of faith-healing in sub-Saharan Africa has been widely acknowledged in research, but mostly treated as a phenomenon apart, instead of being viewed in relation to other modes of healing. In this article I focus on the reasons why believers choose faith-healing in a medically pluralisti...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2018
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Mission studies
Year: 2018, Volume: 35, Issue: 2, Pages: 245-264 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Tanzania
/ Nomad
/ Healing movement
/ Charismatic movement
/ Healing
/ Primary care (Medicine)
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| RelBib Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality KBN Sub-Saharan Africa KDG Free church |
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faith-healing
medical pluralism
Charismatic Christianity
health seeking behavior
Tanzania
vulnerability
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Volltext (Verlag) |