Religion,Medicine,Andhealing:Coursereadings

RELIGION,MEDICINE,ANDHEALING:COURSEREADINGS

Organizedby:RobinM.Wright

1Introduction

Keytermsanddefinitions;theoreticalperspectives

andmethodologies;varietiesofreligiousspecialists,acquiringtheknowledgeandpowertoheal.

-Kleinman,A.“WhatisSpecifictoWesternMedicine?” Ch.2in:CompanionEncyclopediaoftheHistoryofMedicine.Vol.1.Bynum,W.F.R.Porter,eds.,Routledge:N.Y.1997,pp.15-23.

2TheProblemofChronicPain

-“PainandBodies”,JeanJackson,Ch.21ACompaniontotheAnthropologyoftheBodyandEmbodiment.FrancesEMascia-Lees.Wiley-Blackwell,2011.Pp.270-87.

Video:“TheScienceofHealing”(Netflix)

3ShamanicTraditionsoftheWorld

3.1.NorthwestAmazonianpajés(shamans)

-Wright,R.M.,“TheMakingofaJaguarShaman”2013;“TheMakingofaShamans’House”,2013;

-“ChamanesjaguaresdelYuruparí,declaradopatrimoniodelaHumanidad”(JaguarshamansofYurupari,declaredworldheritage),2012;

Powerpoint:“BloodoftheAncestors”.

3.2.Amazonianayahuascahealersandchurches

-Taylor,James,“LaMedicina:RitualandHealingwith

Ayahuasca.”(14pp.);

-Rittner,Sabine,“Sound–Trance-andHealingandpatternmedicineoftheShipibointheAmazonLowlandsofPeru”,MusicTherapyToday,Vol.VIII(2),2007,196-235;

-EdeFrecska,“TheRisksandPotentialBenefitsofAyahuasca

UsefromaPsychopharmacologicalPerspective”.In:

TheInternationalizationofAyahuasca,ed.ByBiatrizCaiubyLabateHenrikJungaberle.LIT,Verlage,pp.152-‐65’;

-‐Comparative Table: “Mestizo Shamans, Ayahuasca Churches,Traditional Shamanism/Herbalists” (organized by RM Wright)/

Video:“VineoftheSouls”

3.3.PhysicalandSpiritualTransformationsinBonShamanismofNepalTibet

-‐“Presence”,byRobertR.Desjarlais,in:ThePerformanceofHealing”,ed.ByCarolLadermanMarinaRoseman.Routledge, 1996,pp.143-‐164;

-‐“The Man Chinni Exorcism Rite of Tamang Shamans”, by Larry G.Peters,Shamans’Drum,No.55,2000,pp.16-‐25;

Video: “Fate of the Lhapa” (2007); fate-‐of-‐the-‐ lhapa.html

3.4.MusicalperformanceandpoeticsinMalay Shamanism

-‐“ThePoeticsofHealinginMalayShamanisticPerformances”, CarolLaderman,In:ThePerformanceofHealing”,ed.ByCarolLaderman

MarinaRoseman.Routledge,1996,pp.115-‐41.

3.5.ShamanismCommunityHealinginNewOrleans’MardiGras,2006

-‐“Drumming,AfricanIdentity,andShamanism:TheSSCandtheRitualStateoftheSpiritofFiYiYiintheBlack(MardiGras)IndianTraditionofNewOrleans”,JeffreyDavidEhrenreich,ShamanismAnnual,December2010,Issue23,pp.5-‐11.

3.6.“Coreshamanism”:

-‐BillBrunton,“TheReawakeningofShamanismintheWest”

©Shamanism,Fall/Winter2003,Vol.16,No.2

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-‐S.Mokelke,“WhyStudyCoreShamanism?” (

-‐“Core Shamanism and Daily Life”

©ShamanismAnnual,December2009,Issue22 (

-‐“Ethical Considerations and in Shamanic Healing”

©ShamanismAnnual,December2008,Issue21 (

-‐“Core and Neo-‐Shamanism”, Joan Townsend , In:

Shamanism:anencyclopediaofworldbeliefs,practices,andculture,

Volume1,editedbyMarikoNambaWalter,EvaJaneNeumannFridman,Googlee-‐books.pp.49-‐57.

ComparativeTable:Traditional,Core,andNeo-‐ShamanismVideo:

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4TraditionalMayanHealingLife-‐forceCh’ulelandtheChineseTaoistChi

-‐Rainforest Home Remedies. The Maya Way to Heal YourBody and Replenish Your Soul. Rosita Arvigo Nadine Epstein.Harper,SanFrancisco,2001,pp.3-‐40.

-‐Wind in the Blood. Mayan Healing and Chinese Medicine.Hernan Garcia, Antonio Sierra, Gilberto Balám. North AtlanticBooks,Berkeley,1999,pp.xxiii-‐xvi,Chs,1-‐65.

Videos:“Sastun”,Dir.byGuidoVerweyen,CosmicPictures,2003;BillMoyers,HealingandtheMind.Vol.1.“TheMysteryofChi”,AmbroseVideo,1993.

5TibetanBuddhism:theGyuschitradition;

-‐Gabriele Feyerer, Padma. Integrating Ancient Wisdom andModern Research Using Traditional Tibetan Herbs for Today’sDiseases.LotusPress,Shangri-‐La,,2003,pp.11-‐82.

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Video:“TheKnowledgeofHealing…XIV.S.H.TenzinGyatso”byFranzReichle(2004,IcarusFilms).

6Hinduism:Ayurvedicmedicine

-‐”IndianMedicine”,DominikWujastyk,Ch.33,in:CompanionEncyclopediaoftheHistoryofMedicine,Vol.1.,ed.byW.F. BynumR.Porter. Routledge: N.Y., 1997,pp.755-‐778.

-‐”“Modern Practice of Ayurveda and Its Globalization”,Michala Lee

Video:“TheArtofBeing”(

8CharismaticRomanCatholic

-‐“ImaginalPerformanceandMemoryinRitualHealing”,byThomasJ.Csordas,in:LaderRoseman(op.cit.),ThePerformanceofHealing,Routledge,1996,pp.91-‐114;

Videos: 3) Personal Healing Testimonials from aCharismaticHealingRetreat-‐ finalsession

(21:24;25:00 ; 35:00(TESTIMONIAL); 44:50(BENEDICTINE);57:00-‐59:40)

-‐Catholic Charismatic Renewal Explain The Baptism OfThe Holy Spirit

-‐Understanding the Anointing with Rodney HowardBrowne,

7IslamicSufiHealing;

-‐“Unseen Power: Aesthetic Dimensions of SymbolicHealing in Qawwali”,James R. Newell, vol. 97, The MuslimWorld, pp.640-‐656.

-‐Hakim G.M. Chishti, “The Book of Sufi Healing”,InnerTraditionsInternational,1991,pp.11-‐16,25-‐55.

Videos(watchonyourown):NusratFatehAliKhan(onYoutube)singingQawwali

9Naturopathy

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-‐Feeding the Spirit: Nutritious Herbs That Heal: “TheAmazing Health Benefits of Juicing Raw Cannabis (Marijuana)Leaves”

-‐Feeding the Spirit: Nutritionist Helps Tribes RediscoverTraditional Foods, news-‐home-‐page/2012/02/feeding-‐spirit-‐nutritionist-‐helps-‐tribes-‐rediscover-‐traditional 2011. Feeding the Spirit.

-‐“Cannabis (L.: sativa, indica, and ruderalis) and Healing inthe History of the Church”, by Christopher A Wright, presentedat the 2011 International “Plants and Religion” Conference,held ay UF-‐Gainesville, co-‐sponsored among numerousdepartments, pp. 1-‐7

-‐“Cannabis has always played an important role inReligion”, by Chris Bennett , presented at the 2011International “Plants and Religion” Conference, held ay UF-‐Gainesville, co-‐sponsored among numerous departments, pp.8-‐11.

10HealingthePlanet

-‐Albanese,C.,2005.“Nature Religionsin theU.S.” In:Taylor, B. Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature. Continuum, N.Y.,pp.1175-‐86;

-‐O’Brien,Bridgette,2013.(excerptfrom)“Questions,MethodsandPremisesintheStudyofGreenSchoolMovements”,ChapterofPh.D.Dissertation“Religion,EthicsandNatureinSecondaruSchoolEducation:ExploringReligion’sRoleinSustainibilityTrends”,DepartmentofReligion,UniversityofFlorida-‐Gainesville.

-‐“HealingElements:ANativeHawaiianPerspective”(thismoduleconsistsofsixclassesthatdivideintothreeunits.Eachclassprovidesabriefintroduction,primaryresources,pre-‐classassignments,andin-‐classactivities,includingdiscussion questions.

VoyagetoHealth:theHawaiianExperiences

◦Class1.HawaiianHealthandWell-Being:BalancingEssentialElements

◦Class2.NaturalElements:HealingPlaces

◦Class3.PhysicalElements:TraditionalFoods,DietandPhysicalActivity

◦Class4.SpiritualElements:HealingHands

◦Class5.KanaloaKaho‘olawe:Land,Identity,andHealth

◦Class6.UsingHistorytoGlorifyandDefendthePast

ForfurtherbackgroundonnativeHawaiianHealthissues,read:“NativeHawaiianHealthinHawaii:HistoricalHighlights”,by BradleyE.HopeandJanetteHarbottleHope.CalifornianJournalofHealthPromotion2003,Volume1,SpecialIssue:Hawaii,1-‐9(availableonModulewebsite);

-‐“JourneytoHealth.TheTotem’sJourney”(thefollowing site willtake you along across-‐countryvoyage byNative NorthAmericanstransportinganewly-‐carved,sacredtotemfromthefarNorthwesttoits‘home’attheNationalLibraryofMedicine.Bethesda,Md. ;

-‐Fisher, Andy, 2005. “Ecopsychology”, In: Encyclopedia ofReligionandNature.BronTaylor,ed.Continuum,NY,pp.557-‐8.

-‐De Pater, Catherine. 2005. “Ecotherapy” and “Ecotopia”In: Taylor, B. ed.Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature.BronTaylor,ed.Continuum,NY,pp.563-‐66.

-‐Satouris, Elisabet, 1999. Earthdance. Living Systems inEvolution. (developments ontheGaianarrative)

11IssuesandDebates

-‐ “Indigenous Traditional Knowledge and intellectual property”,by Jane Anderson,

CreativeCommonsAttribution/Non-‐Commercial/ShareAlike3.0unported

(Readesp.Chs.1,2,4)

-‐“TheImpactofCommodificationofHerbalMedicinebyPharmaceuticalandDrugDevelopmentCompanies”,byAndrewTaylor.NEXUSVol15(2001/2002),pp.55-‐68.

12SelectedBibliographiesandResources