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Whitmarsh, “Protestant Techniques of Care”

Whitmarsh, Ian. 2019. “Protestant Techniques of Care: The Hindu, the Pentecost, and the ‘Secular.’” Medical Anthropology Quarterly.  Abstract: Modern techniques of …

February 2, 2019 ndca-admin

Qi, Liang & Li, “Christian Conversion and the Re-imagining of Illness and Healthcare in Rural China”

Qi, Guboi, Zhenhua Liang & Xiaoyun Li. 2014.  Christian Conversion and the Re-imagining of Illness and Healthcare in Rural China, …

October 9, 2014 ndca-admin

Hardin, “Spiritual Etiologies”

Hardin, Jessica. 2014. Spiritual Etiologies: Metabolic Disorders, Evangelical Christianity, and Well-Being in Samoa. Doctoral Dissertation, Dept. of Anthropology. Waltham, MA: …

April 30, 2014 ndca-admin

Corwin, “Let Him Hold You”

Corwin, Anna. 2012. Let Him Hold You: Spiritual and Social Support in a Catholic Convent Infirmary. Anthropology of Aging Quarterly …

December 2, 2012 ndca-admin

Corwin, “Changing God, Changing Bodies: The Impact of New Prayer Practices on Elderly Catholic Nuns’ Embodied Experience”

Corwin, Anna (2012) “Changing God, Changing Bodies: The Impact of New Prayer Practices on Elderly Catholic Nuns’ Embodied Experience.” Ethos 40(4):390-410. …

November 5, 2012 ndca-admin

Gunther Brown, “Testing Prayer”

Gunther Brown, Candy. 2012. Testing Prayer: Science and Healing. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. Publisher’s Description: When sickness strikes, people around …

April 16, 2012 ndca-admin

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