Longing for Health: a Practice of Religious Healing and Biomedicine Compared

The standard notion is that biomedicine and religious healing are two completely different practices in modern Western societies. In this article, this notion is questioned by comparing in the Netherlands one practice of religious healing, namely the ‘Services of salvation and healing' of the P...

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Main Author: Vellenga, Sipco J. 1956- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V. [2008]
In: Journal of religion and health
Year: 2008, Volume: 47, Issue: 3, Pages: 326-337
Further subjects:B The Netherlands
B Biomedical practices
B Religious healing practices
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