Among the Healers: Stories of Spiritual and Ritual Healing Around the World

by Edith Turner

Every day, everywhere in the world, people deal with sickness (both physical and mental), and must choose ways to address the illnesses from which they suffer. Some will go to doctors, take medicine, have surgery. Others will do nothing. Still others try a combination of prayer and medical attention. And some communities rely on religious, spiritual, and ritual healing methods that employ various techniques to heal their loved ones. Here, a renowned...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275987299
• ISBN13: 9780275987299
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.6"