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SCAR 2WW3

HEALTH, HEALING AND RELIGION: WESTERN PERSPECTIVES

Undergraduate

Fall 2023 · C01

Topics

  • WEEK ONE - INTRODUCTION
  • Sept 5th
  • Overview of the course.
  • Overview of the assignments and learning objectives.
  • Microsoft Teams run-through.
  • Learning strategy tips and tricks.
  • Sept 8th
  • Overview of the project
  • Marty, M E. 1988. “Religion and healing. The four expectations.” Second opinion 7: 60-80.
  • WEEK TWO: HOW SHOULD WE STUDY HEALTH, HEALING, AND RELIGION?
  • Sept 12th
  • Turner, Edith. 2004. "Taking Seriously the Nature of Religious Healing in America." In Religion and Healing in America . 387-403.
  • Sept 15th
  • WEEK THREE: SHAMANIC AND ESOTERIC HEALING TRADITIONS
  • Sept 19th
  • Robertson, Robin. 2014. “Shamanic Healing.” Psychological Perspectives 57(2): 199–215
  • Sept 22nd
  • WEEK FOUR: STANDPOINT THEORY: ALTERNATIVE WAYS OF KNOWING
  • Sept 26th
  • Harding, Sandra. 2018. “One Planet, Many Sciences” Constructing the Pluriverse, 39-61.
  • Sept 29th
  • WEEK FIVE: MODERN MEDICINE: RITUALS AND BELIEFS

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