The Sacred Self: A Cultural Phenomenology of Charismatic Healing

by Thomas J. Csordas

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How does religious healing work, if indeed it does? In this study of the contemporary North American movement known as the Catholic Charismatic Renewal, Thomas Csordas investigates the healing practices of a modern religious movement to provide a rich cultural analysis of the healing experience. This is not only a book about healing, however, but also one about the nature of self and self- transformation. Blending ethnographic data and detailed case...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0520208846

ISBN13:9780520208841

Release Date:May 1997

Publisher:University of California Press

Length:344 Pages

Weight:1.10 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Related Subjects

Anthropology Humanities Mental & Spiritual Healing New Age Phenomenology Philosophy Politics & Social Sciences Religion Religion & Spirituality Salvation Theory Social Science Social Sciences

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