Religion and Healing Among the Lubavitch Community in Stamford Hill, North London: A Case Study of Hasidism
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This book focuses on two main areas – first, the response of British Lubavitchers to misfortune generally and sickness, in particular and the role of their religious leader the Rebbe in this process; and second, their response to the illness and ultimate death of the Rebbe. It addresses a number of issues in contemporary social and medical anthropology: the social construction of the body, the power of words in ritual, the relation between myth and praxis, religious texts as a charter for healing and the relation between the use of biomedicine and symbolic healing. This book will be of interest to students of social anthropology, medical anthropology, medical sociology, millennialism, religious studies and students of contemporary Judaism.
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Main Topic: Other Anthropology Haredi / Strictly Orthodox Jews Hassidim Chabad-Lubavitch Health Religious Belief
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978-0-7734-6371-4
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Religion and Healing Among the Lubavitch Community in Stamford Hill, North London: A Case Study of Hasidism. . 2004: https://archive.jpr.org.uk/object-uk479
