Social Dimensions of Health: Ritual Practice, Moral Orders, and Worlds of Meaning in Brazilian Candomblé and Umbanda Temples

In Western medicine the interpretation prevails that mental illness is a psychological and/or biological disorder. Most important concepts in health psychology, such as sense of coherence, self-efficacy, hope, or dispositional optimism are all very cognition and individual centered. In this individu...

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Main Author: Markus, Wiencke (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: American Anthropological Association [2020]
In: Anthropology of consciousness
Year: 2020, Volume: 31, Issue: 2, Pages: 153-173
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Brazil / Candomblé / Umbanda / Mental health / Healing / Ritual / Spirituelle Gemeinschaft / Social identity
RelBib Classification:AE Psychology of religion
AZ New religious movements
KBR Latin America
ZD Psychology
Further subjects:B Umbanda
B Candomblé
B Health sciences
B positive psychology
B Therapy
B Mental Illness
B Brazil
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